Turbulent Weather and Global Events Reported Across States
Tornado at Welch leaves four dead and two seriously hurt while floods drown fifteen near Kansas City. Mississippi River rise causes island and lowland damage near Hannibal Missouri. South St Joseph flooded. Windstorm at Pollock South Dakota destroys buildings injuring several. Edison joins Marconi Wireless board. Arkansas river tragedy claims four more drowned. Tramps killed in Bryan Alabama wreck tally rises. Russian minister in Pekin returns. Manchuria policy unsettled. Grand jury indicts thirty six whites in Alabama. Foot and mouth disease hits cattle aboard British steamer Virgil. River accident tragedy near Canton. Farriss wheel sale planned for World’s Fair. Roosevelt tours Utah Idaho Montana highlighting irrigation and farming. Crowds greet president in Butte Montana with citywide welcome.
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Pollock
8. D
Thomas A .Edison
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
Arkansas River
Saiham
Bost
T14
Southern Railway
Bryan
Ala
Paul Lessar
Pekin
St Petersburg
Manchuria
Russia
United States
Grand Jury
Coosa
Tallapoosa
Alabama
Ingenious Robbers Foiled Union Station Heist
Bennett Bibb and James Williamson were arrested in Birmingham Alabama on charges of robbing the Union passenger station ticket office safe of about 7000 dollars. Detectives say the men used an ingenious scheme that outwitted officers and led to the arrests after a lengthy investigation.
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Bennett Bibb
James Williamson
Birmingham
Alm
Union
Montana Legislature Debates Exposition Representation Amendment
Debating an amendment before adjournment, lawmakers consider representing Montana products and resources at the Lewis and Clark expedition in Portland in 1905. The bill proposes transferring exhibit trams to Portland for the Louisiana Purchase exposition with costs linked to capitol aid and county funds.
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Montana
Lewie and Clark
Portland
Louis
Laval
Piettland
Capitol Aid
Counite
Bom
Discrepancy Reported Over Three Million in Military Funds
A garbled note cites a 94,000,000 discrepancy in General Leonard Wood's pendite and fiancee disclosures, alleging misdeeds in the American military government in Cuba. The New York Tribune is mentioned as contesting the figures and questioning the secrecy around wartime spending and leadership.
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Leonard Wood
Culm
New York ‘Tribune
Ghidrmda
Itoh
President Roosevelt Visits Utah Idaho and Montana
The president delivers the longest speech of the trip at Tabernacle in Utah amid a royal reception by Idaho and Montana crowds. He tours Ogden Pocatello and Butte, receiving ovations and meeting Indian guards of honor, with a focus on irrigation and railroad interest programs.
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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
Topeka Flood and Fire Devastate City and Surroundings
Describes Topeka Kansas flood effects with fires burning hundreds of houses. Reports 170 to 250 dead, 200 missing, 1,000s homeless, and millions in property loss. North Topeka submerged, roofs used for survival, bodies found, advised rescue efforts amid swift currents and rising water.
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Topeka
Kaonas
Kansas River
Tte
Lowe
Kansas
Topekin Saya
North Topeka
Fragmentary fire disaster report with unclear figures
An incoherent OCR noting a deadly fire with estimated deaths around twenty and victims swept away. It mentions missing workers and possible uncounted casualties, with no clear totals or sources.
Kansas City Flood Devastates Districts Along Riverfront
A massive Kansas City flood from the west river brought by rains swamped the Kansas City Kansas and Missouri districts. Water overwhelmed railroad tracks and wholesale districts, causing extensive property losses and fears for homes near the riverfront.
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Yhr
Kansas City
Kan
Kane
City
Uni
Des Moines Flood Reports and Ongoing Rescue Work
In Des Moines Iowa flood reports indicate suspected fatalities and further casualties may follow. City sections remain isolated as utilities fail and pumps and levees are manned to manage rising waters and restore power and communications.
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Moines
Iowa
Town Ablaze as Flood Fumes Hit Rail Yard Fires
Dispatch reports Kansas City area towns struck by Topl ings with fires burning in rail yard. Seven box cars torched as flames loom over bluffs. Evacuation risk rises as floodwaters threaten additional properties.
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Kansas City
Mourdale
Workmen Drown After Bridge Collapse At Kansas City
A Western Union dispatch from Kansas City reports seven men drowned when a Union Pacific bridge collapsed during work. The dramatic accident left several others missing and unable to reach shore.
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Kansas City
Union Pacific Bridge
Whitaker Hurt in Kentucky Ambush Killing
A Kentucky ambush near Bernatadt leaves a man named Whitaker dead and another survivor John Farmer wounded. The assailants fired from shrubbery roadside. Whitaker, slightly injured, reported coming upon the scene after the shooting.
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John Farmer
Whitaker
Bernatadt
Murder and wrecks ripple through Rexford and California
A violent murder near Rexford in Northern cobalt leaves two countrymen dead and a trove of witnesses. An Overland passenger derailment in California injures forty with cars plunging over a forty foot drop. fires and chaos follow as authorities race to assist the injured and investigate the episodes.
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Han
Rexford
Cobalt
Orton
Hineon
Cal
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