Texas Tornado Ravages Bellevue Town and Homes
A violent cyclone struck Bellevue Texas Thursday night, killing thirteen people and injuring many more. The eight mile wide tornado destroyed almost the entire town, burned after the storm, wrecked crops and farms, with an estimated two hundred thousand dollars in losses. Several families are named among the dead and injured, and Stoneburg reports the cotton gin ruined. Bowie's N E Smith and others are listed among the injured. The town is left homeless and without food or shelter.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Bellevue
Anrea
Stoneburg
R. L. Russell
A. D. Carr
Tom Mount
W. W.bell
Gray
N. E. Smith
Bowie
Mine swallows a village in Quinnisec Michigan
An enormous ground collapse destroyed over an acre of land and multiple buildings in Quinnisec. The cave formed beneath the town originated from abandoned mine workings, dropping about 300 feet and crippling the water system. Fear remains that other areas may cave in as the mine tunnels run beneath much of the town.
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Quinnisec, Mich
Quinnisec
Mich
Athens Olympic success sparks Greek ill feeling
The American athletes’ continued success in the Olympic games prompts some ill will among Greeks, though overall mood remains gentle from competitors and spectators alike.
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Athens
Thieves Take 1000-Pound Safe From Columbus Store
Police discovered a 1000 pound safe belonging to Becker and Bros general store and saloon three blocks from the store after thieves carried it away on Friday.
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Columbus
Becker & Bros
Blosson to Play Sutton in New York Challenge
George F. Slosson who won the world championship at 18 inch balk one two shots will accept the challenge issued by George B. Sutton who finished second in the recent tournament.
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Blosson
Sutton
New York
George F. Slosson
George B. Sutton
Harvard Professor Muenter Sought for Wife Murder
Cambridge Massachusetts April 28 Professor Erich Muenter of Harvard University German department is a fugitive charged with murdering his wife Leone Krembs Muenter with arsenic. Friends say the couple seemed happily married until her death followed illness and overwork.
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Cambridge
Mass
Erich Muenter
Harvard University
Boston
Chicago
Leone Krembs Muenter
Muenter
Bright Outlook for Crops and Trade
R G Dun reports strong national response to earthquake relief shows optimism for the future. San Francisco will recover despite some securities selling pressures and money market strain. Weather favors retail trade and construction while crops look bright overall though planting delays and labor shortages occur. Factories run at full capacity in leading industries.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
San Francisco
Woman Sentenced to Death for Third Time in New Jersey
Hackensack New Jersey Mrs Anna Valentina faces the death penalty for the murder of Rosa Salza This marks her third sentencing after prior reprieves from petitions from across the country and intervention by the Italian government which carried her case to the US Supreme Court where the court ruled against her.
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Hackensack
N. J
Anna Valentina
Rosa Salza
Valentina
Supreme Court of the
United States
Lafayette College hazers expelled and suspended
Eleven seniors one junior and two sophomores at Lafayette College were found guilty of hazing the freshman class. They have been indefinitely suspended by the faculty and ordered to leave town.
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Hazers
Easton
Lafayette College
British Royals Visit Naples Amid Rough Sea Voyage
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Naples from Messina after a stormy voyage. The pair may skip their planned ascent of Mount Vesuvius due to the bad weather and rough seas.
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Naples
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Messina
Mount Vesuvius
Anthracite Wage Talks Continue Amid Threat of Strike
New York miners and operators clash over wage reforms with operators rejecting the sliding scale and defending profits. They cite a 36 cent coal price rise to the public and urge arbitration or continued conditions for three years. Wilkes-Barre hosts a Scranton meeting to decide on two miner proposals for wage increases and a ten cent per ton rise.
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New York
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton
Baer
Mitchell
Miners’ Scrie Committee
Dowie Reported Gravely Ill in Chicago
John Alexander Dowie allegedly suffers myocarditis and is described as in immediate danger. Attendants plan a Zion City march as two federal officers, tall and heavy, prepare to serve a writ tied to involuntary bankruptcy by Michael Gesas and Edward T. Fox for Ransom Walker, guardian of Ethel Foley estate.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Dowie
Zion City
Landis
Michael Gesas
Edward T. Fox
Ransom x. Walker
Ethel B. Foley
Springfield Senate Approves Plurality Primary Bill
The senate passed the Stead primary election bill by 36 to 1 with 35 percent plurality for nominating candidates by conventions for congressmen legislature and county offices. Gal rin's bill for city officers by primaries cleared 27 to 1.
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Springfield
Senate
Stead
Galrin
Paris First May Calm Amid Military Ready Stance
Paris sees improved strike mood as authorities bolster military and police to curb unrest. Public anxiety eases though alarmist chatter persists about May 1. One account claims Spanish and Swiss anarchists smuggled 40 bombs into the city.
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Paris
Iowa C E Records Burn En Route to Marshalltown
All books and papers of the Iowa Christian Endeavor union, including 1,200 societies, burned Thursday when a freight car caught fire while moving from Red Oak to the new secretary in Marshalltown Iowa.
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Iowa C. E
Marshalltown
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
Red Oak
Woman Held for Trial at Old Bailey
Mrs. Violet Aubrey Tewkesbury, extradited from Paris, is charged with assisting her husband to pass worthless checks and was committed for trial at the Old Bailey by Bow Street police court.
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Old Bailey
London
Bow Street
Violet Aubrey Tewkesbury
Paris
Reunion closes with talks of pensions for former slaves
The sixteenth annual United Confederate Veterans reunion concluded in New Orleans with acclamations for reelecting officers. Richmond was chosen for the next gathering, with plans for pensions to freed slaves who aided masters in the war and for annual memorial services by each camp.
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New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Two Die in Hotel Fire in Frankenmuth Michigan
Fire at Henry Goetz hotel in Frankenmuth Michigan killed Henry Goetz Sr and L Hartner and injured Anna Snelling Anna Reichle Mrs Goetz and Eugene Williams. The blaze began at midnight trapping sleepers on the second floor as staff hurled mattresses from windows to escape.
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Miss Snelling
Miss Reichle
Crapsey Hearing Near End in Episcopal Trial
In Batavia New York the trial of Henv Algernon S Crapsey of Rochester before an Episcopal church court nears closure. The prosecution ended its case Thursday and the defense sought to admit testimony from several clergymen on heresy but the court rejected the witnesses as not qualified experts and as offering opinions on the matters before the court.
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Batavia
N. Y
Henv. Algernon
S. Crapsey
Rochester
Protestant Episcopal Church
Dr. Crapsey
Hobson Captures Sixth District Democratic Nomination
Montgomery returns from the Democratic primary show Capt. R. P. Hobson of Merrimac fame winning the Sixth district nomination over incumbent U S congressman John H. Bankhead.
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Hobson
Congress
Montgomery
Ala
Capt
R. P. Hobson
Merrimac Fame
John H. Bankhead
Locomotive Explosion Kills Harrisburg Engineer
Engineman J. F. Good was killed and fireman C. H. Le Fever and brakeman J. J. Wallower fatally injured when a locomotive exploded at Ducklow Tower in Steelton on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Harrisburg
J. F. Good
C. H. le Fever
J. J. Wallower
Ducklow Tower
Steelton
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee Backs Tillman Campaign Funds Bill
Washington The senate committee on privileges and elections by unanimous vote Friday authorized Senator Foraker to report favorably the Tillman bill to prohibit corporations from contributing to campaign funds.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Senator Foraker
Wind Blows Down Walls in San Francisco Chaos
Winds topple walls in Frisco causing danger to crowds as rioters in relic districts loot ruins of Japanese and Chinese shops. Rescue efforts save six locked insane patients at city hall with Mrs. Kane and Policeman McLean hailed for bravery. New buildings planned as relief funds top nearly 4.93 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Stockton and
Sutter Streets
Pacific Union Club
Market and
Geary Streets
Richieu
Oakland
Market Street
Fairmount Hotel
California
Powell Streets
Satsuma
Kane
John McLean
Steward Manville
McLean
Mrs. Kane
Presidio
Herman Oelrichs
New York
Rialto
Crossley
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Montgomery Street
Thomas Magee
Mutual Bank
Emporium
Post and
van Ness Avenue
Monadnock
James D. Phelan
Phelan
O’farrell Streets
Earthquake Damage Reported in San Mateo County
A reporter traveling through San Mateo County notes extensive damage at several locations from the quake though there are no reported deaths.
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San Mateo County
Chinese in Oakland Colony Grows Amid Camps
Chinese in Oakland form the majority of a growing colony with scattered camps in the city. Most are cared for by countrymen as they relocate from other areas.
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Oakland
Quake damages tracks and gravestones near South San Francisco
Railroad tracks through South San Francisco and near Holy Cross cemetery sank up to six feet after the quake. Gravestones suffered considerable damage as well.
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San Francisco
Holy Cross Cemetery
Depot Wreck Leaves Telegraph Wires Down in San Mateo
At San Mateo the Southern Pacific depot was wrecked with substantial damage. The crash toppled telegraph and telephone poles and wires, affecting communications in the area.
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San Mateo
Southern Pacific
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Snancé Committee of the Relief and Red Cross Funds
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Utah
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