Pittsburg Tornado Strikes City Causing Severe Damage
A violent tornado swept Pittsburg around noon with extensive property damage and multiple injuries. Many houses toppled, trees uprooted, and telephone lines down. Knoxville Presbyterian church faced a collapsed chimney and roof, trapping worshippers. several injured, with at least five not expected to recover. At Robinson Run U P church near McDonald lightning struck the spire, toppling onto the roof and injuring worshippers, two of whom were certain to die.
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Pittsburg
Knoxville
J. W. English
U.P
McDonald
Tillman Shuns Investigation in Senate Clash Over Treaty
Washington March 27 Senator Tillman of South Carolina resists probing charges against Senator McLaurin over the Spain treaty ratification and federal patronage. McLaurin supports the inquiry, backed by Senators Hannar and Pritchard, while Barrows, committee chair, seeks to avoid a probe. The dispute hinges on past votes and alleged inducements cited by Republicans and reported by the New York Sun.
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Washington
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
MeKauen
Pritchard
Inow
Committee On Privileges and Elections
McLaurin
Hannar
Barrows
Tillman
Spain
McEnery
Attagle Sbermi Sare
Amalian Neaad
New York Sun
President Roosevelts veto challenges war court powers
The president vetoed a relief bill for Emanuel Clauser arguing it would extend congressional power to overrule a court martial. He noted similar issues in the Howell case and questioned Congress’s authority to compel revocation of a military sentence. He says the bill could exceed constitutional pardoning power and raise doubts about Congress authorizing such actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Emanuel Clauser
Senate
James W. Howell
Secretary of
Congress
Secretary of War
Five Die On Manila Voyage Arriving Kilpatrick
The transport Kilpatrick reached San Francisco from Manila with nearly 1,000 aboard including the Seventeenth Infantry and discharged soldiers. Five deaths occurred during the voyage, including Mrs. B. F. Pope widow of Lt. Col. B. R. Pope who died shortly after departure from Manila while returning her husband’s remains.
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San Francisco
Kilpatrick
Manila
BF. Pope
B.R. Pope
Hatfield Hatfield feud flare in Kentucky mountains
Sensational reports describe a deadly feud clash near Pike County Kentucky involving the Hatfields and Rutherfords. Deputies Watts and Rutherford confronted Ephrain Hatfield at his father’s home on Blackbarpy Creek. both officers and Hatfields were killed, with significant family ties and a history of violence surrounding the feud.
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Williamiston
Wy Va
Mitfelds
Harry Wars
Pe Wo
Palace Hotel
Dot Iutterford
Ephrian Hatfield
South Cara Jing
Hatfeld
Pike County
Watts
Rutherford
Nohriam
Chompson Shitfield
Blackbarpy Creek
Ephrii
Hatfields
Chilleen
Rutherfords
M Wattiel
Fead
Routherford
eCapt Hatfield
Watte
Hatfield
Twenty-Two Lives Believed Lost in Tennessee Floods
Reports from flooded Tennessee districts estimate losses from a storm of rain and wind at four million dollars. Twenty-two lives are believed lost as several counties remain cut off. The flood damages farmland, fences, and crops across counties between the mountains and Tennessee River. Rail service is limited as lines from Nashville to Columbia and through Murfreesboro face disruption.
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Nashville
Venn
Maral
Tennessee
Louisville
Subservience Prompts Reader to Subscribe to The Loder
A fragmented plea urges readers to subscribe to The Loder. The note appears as a garbled request for payment or action, implying a subscription drive or appeal embedded in a damaged text fragment.
Ex Judge Townsend Chosen to Succeed Hagood
Special to the State Charleston March 28 announced ex Judge C P Townsend will replace B A Hagood as assistant district attorney. Townsend, a circuit judge under the old Republican regime, later served as assistant attorney general and then as Senator McLaurin's private secretary. Hagood, a young Republican with ties to McLaurinism, resigns amid party tension.
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Charleston
B. A. Hagood
Dateictafts
C. P. Pownacud
Bennettsville
Senator McLaurie
Magoo
Hagood
Mr. Hagood
Col
Haseed
Federal
Barber
Washington
Senator McLaurin
Escape from Chester Jail Sparks Sheriff Reward
Four inmates escaped Chester Jail at about seven after noon, breaking from a main room using a piece of stovewood and an iron to batter a grate. Sheriff Cornwell offered rewards of 10 dollars for Alex Gillan and five dollars each for Lewis Johnson Lacy Garson and Edd Carter, who were awaiting trial for house burglary and larceny.
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Shariff Cornwell
Sheriff Cornwell
Alex Gillan
Lewis Johnson
Lacy Garson
Edd Carter
Lareeny
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Scott & Bowiny Chemists
New Yorks
Miss Evans
Ting
County of
Lancaster
Lancaster Llereautiley
Kentucky
Ephrian Hatcheld
Wantat
Byther
Odlicars
Whine
Killen
C. P. Townsend
B.A. Hagood
Chester
Carter
B.G. Murphy
Pulice
Rook Hall
Gitta
Julien
Rock Hill
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