Turbulent weather harms towns across the Midwest and South
Reports describe a tornado near Welch killing four and injuring two, widespread flooding along Kansas City waters, drownings at Bristol Rhode Island and Arkansas river capsizes near Salham. Fire and wind cause property damage in Pollock South Dakota and Canton Mississippi. Presidential visit in Utah and Idaho noted with irrigation praise and public ceremonies.
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Welch
Kansas City
Bristol
R. 1
Harper
University of Chicago Ia
Ingenious Robbers Led to Union Station Safe Theft
Bennett Bibb and James Williamson were arrested in Birmingham Alabama charged with robbing the Union passenger station ticket office safe of nearly $7,000. Detectives had pursued the case, noting the clever scheme and complex ruses used to deceive authorities.
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Bennett Bibb
James Williamson
Birmingham
Alm
Union
Montana Legislature Debates Exposition Representation Change
Montanans in the legislature near adjournment vote an amendment to represent Montana products and resources at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland in 1905. The bill contemplates moving the exhibit team from St Louis to Portland and provides for up to 1010,000 in capitol aid and county contributions.
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Montana
Lewie and Clark
Portland
Louis
Laval
Piettland
Capitol Aid
Counite
Bom
Discrepancy and Controversy Over Military Disbursements
An apparent 94,000,000 discrepancy in funds linked to General Leonard Wood circulates in press commentary. The New York Tribune's Havens cites official authority while critics urge clarifications on wartime civilian-military financial matters and potential misstatements.
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Leonard Wood
Culm
New York ‘Tribune
Ghidrmda
Itoh
President Roosevelts Utah Idaho and Montana Visit
The president delivered the longest speech of the trip at Tabernacle to a large, cheering crowd. He traveled to Ogden Pocatello and Butte, where he spoke at city halls and hotels, noting irrigation laws and Indian guards as he praised progress and the nation.
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Deseret
Utah
Boise
Loeb
Morrison
Alexander
Seth Bullock
Montana
Seventh Street
Jefferson
Mishop Funsten
Guard of Honor
C.F. Lloyd
Flrat Volunteers
Tianse
Ht Labor and Trades Assembly
Sliver
Bow County
Roosevelt
Columbia Gardena
William A. Claris Cowart
Hutte
Mullink
Butte
Frank A. Boyle
Bliver Bow Labor and Trades Assembly
Tabernacle
Union
Ely
Inutira
Adenms
Senator Kearns
Ogden
City Hall
East
Alate
Pocatello Aia Hotel
Glenns Ferry
Nampa
Bret Fullerton
Pocatelliy
Pocatello Lt
Fowerwarion
Armigety
Gnidwell
President Hoosevelt
HA & P
Mullins
United States
Clark
Me. Roosevelt
Cmt
Topeka Flood and Fire Devastate City and Kill Many
Terrifying flood in North Topeka Kansas leaves 170 to 250 dead and thousands homeless. Fires burn 200 buildings as water fills lower stories, with people clinging to roofs and trees. Rescue efforts are hampered by the swift current and collapsing structures as authorities assess the final toll.
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Topeka
Kaonas
Kansas River
Tte
Lowe
Kansas
Topekin Saya
North Topeka
Fragmented record on casualties from a flood and fire
The report estimates twenty deaths from a disaster described as swept away by Mord and fire. It notes missing or unaccounted workers and several men presumed lost, with no clear method to determine exact numbers.
Kansas City Flood Devastates Wholesale Districts
A massive flood from the west on the Kane river swamped Kansas City Kansas and Missouri, washing over railroad tracks and wholesale districts. Homes and businesses near the river suffered severe losses as water surged through the area, with millions of dollars at stake and widespread damage reported.
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Ifete
Canton
West River
Sam Bhul
Yhr
Kansas City
Kan
Kane
City
Uni
Des Moines Flood Reports and Damaged Areas
Flood conditions in Des Moines Iowa have caused unknown fatalities and widespread damage. Communications are disrupted while sections of the city rely on pumps and levees, with the Northwestern line operating outbound from the city and utility services still functioning in parts. Tracks and lines are reported damaged amid efforts to shore up the levees and restore power and transit.
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Moines
Iowa
Town Beset by Toppling Fires After Flood
A Kansas City dispatch describes the Kansas town of Mourdale deserted by its residents as fires rage. Seventeen fires burn in box cars along the bluffs while floodwaters threaten to trap more structures. Firefighters fear the blaze will spread as the flood worsens and water pressures fail.
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Virgil
Deptford
Buenos Ayres
Frank Emmett
New Orleans
Kansas City
Mourdale
Seven men drown as bridge collapses in Kansas City accident
A message from Kansas City reports seven workers were among men engaged at a Union Pacific bridge project when the structure went down. All seven drowned and rescuers could not reach them, leaving many as missing and presumed drowned.
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Kansas City
Union Pacific Bridge
Ambush reports fatal shooting near Bernatadt Kentucky
A Whitaker survivor described hearing shots as John Farmer and another man were ambushed near Bernatadt. Farmer died. Whitaker was wounded in the arm while rescuers or others returned fire from a shrubbery roadside. Details are fragmentary.
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John Farmer
Whitaker
Bernatadt
Murder in Rexford and Overland Derailment Report
Fragmentary dispatches describe a murder near Rexford, Northern cobalt, with two suspected assailants and a third victim. A separate Overland derailment in California resulted in multiple deaths and many injuries, with cars plunging over a forty foot embankment and passengers severely injured.
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Han
Rexford
Cobalt
Orton
Hineon
Cal
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Bryan
Ala
Paul Lessar
Pekin
St Petersburg
Manchuria
Russia
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Coosa
Tallapoosa
Alabama
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Posener
Prussia
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Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Brotherhood of
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Nowade
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Djonn
Idaho
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Topeka, Kansas
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Chamberlain
Bnedden
New
Germany
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Henry Campbell Hinnerman
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Hief
Homann
Taa
Bhotim
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Omring
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Willian
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Robin
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