Tornado Ravages Northern Alabama Towns
A tornado struck northern Alabama today causing many deaths and injuries. At Moundsville in Hale County extensive loss of life and property occurred as the storm destroyed farms and the business district. Early tallies place deaths around thirty seven with over one hundred injured and hundreds of homes wrecked.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Moundsville
Hale County
Luscaloosa
A. H. Warren
Montgomery
Star
News
Floods Threaten to Spread Disaster Across Rivers
Pittsburgh and Ohio towns report rising floodwaters from January thaw. Riverfront residents evacuate as ice moves. mills prepare, some shut down. Adamsboro dam swept away, Logansport sections flooded, ships and rail lines affected. Dayton area inundated with traffic suspended and road damage feared.
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Adamsboro
Logansport
Dayton
Miami Valley
Cincinnnati
Franklin
River surge damages steel plant docks and bridge
A surge swept through Cleveland on January 22, flooding the Cuyahoga River. Three United States Steel vessels broke loose, colliding with the Superior Street viaduct drawbridge and severely damaging its foundations. The river traffic is blocked by the wreckage.
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Cleveland
Curahoga
United States Steel Company
Superior Street
Severe Western New York Flood Threat After Snow and Rain
Western New York faces record meteorological conditions as heavy wet snow, followed by thawing rain, freezes, and ice bound rivers. Experts warn flooding will inundate river valleys and flood districts south of Buffalo unless temperatures drop soon, risking widespread suffering and damage.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
Jow
Scioto River Clears Danger Line As Flood Threat Eases
The Scioto river in Columbus shows 17 12 feet above danger, lowlands flooded and levees under watch. No damage yet from ice release. electric lamps dark overnight until the power company adjusted their dynamo near the danger line in case of a levee breach.
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Columbus
Scioto
Electric Company
Break-up of Ohio river sheep gorge limits damage at Cincinnati
The Cincinnati river break up of the Ohio river gorge near the city reduced ship losses. Few barges were crushed and some torn from moorings as ice above remained held and the gorge below delayed full release until late night.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Flooding from Ice Breakup Hits Logansport Area
Logansport Indiana January 22 rivers Eel and Wabash overflowed banks due to ice breakup destroying property across the city and county Georgetown village affected as flood spreads.
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Logansport
Ind
Eal
Wabash
Georgetown
Wabash River Flood Displaces Families, Halts Rail Traffic
Peru Indiana reports rising Wabash river water level by two feet in one night with a record flood in twenty five years. Factories pause as 600 workers idle while a new $23,000 bridge risks being washed away. Ice and water threaten infrastructure. preparations to dynamite the bridge if needed to save other property. Railway tracks submerged over miles.
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Pittsburg
Pittsborg
Peru
Ind
Wabash
Shep
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
River disaster leaves boat crushed. man clings to island
The White River tore apart a house boat occupied by John Schowe and his wife. Mrs Schowe drowned, and John Schowe was swept away after clinging to a submerged island. Rollo Morrison battled ice to reach him, saved Schowe briefly, but the boat carried on with Schowe bound beneath. Morrison was later rescued.
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Indianapolis
White River
John Schowe
Schowe
Carrie
Scchowe
Rollo Morrison
Morrison
Forecast Boosts Hope for Ice Breakup in Flood Region
The Weather Bureau reports no change to the flood threat since Thursday night. Conditions favor rapid ice breakup in central and eastern Pennsylvania, southern New York, West Virginia, and western Maryland. In Chicago and vicinity thaw and rain raise property loss and disruption as Des Plaines Fox and Calumet swell and lowlands flood.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Upper
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Maryland
Chicago
Des Plaines
Fox
Calumet
Burnside
Grand Crossing
Japan Opposes Mediation In Foreign Powers Dispute
Lonion reports January 22 that the Japanese government will not accept mediation from any foreign powers amid tensions. The AP confirms official stance against external mediation in the dispute.
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Lonion
Associated Press
Bedford Latin teacher found murdered in carriage house
The body of Miss Sarah Schaefer, Latin teacher at Bedford high school, was found in a carriage house after she had been assaulted and robbed. The shed showed signs of a struggle as bloodhounds were to be used to follow the scent. she had come from Elkhart a year ago and was highly regarded.
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Bedford
Ind
Sarah Schaefer
Bedford High School
Schaefer
Elkhart
Chicago Dairy Company to control Chicago milk supply
Chicago capitalists form a Maine based corporation under The Chicago Dairy Company with authorized capital of 4 million dollars. It plans to close options on milk firms including Richmond Smith which supplies 2,530 farmers within a 75 mile radius. The deal covers 84 retailers, 7 city depots, 13 country factories. certified free from bacteria milk will sell at seven cents a quart, up one half cent in parts of the city.
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Chicago
Sime of
Chicago Dairy Company
Maine
A. F. Hatch
Richmond-Smith Company
Hatch
Bowman and Borden
The Condition of Trade Across United States and Canada
Special telegraphs report a week of wide demand in iron and sleet at Pittsburg and Chicago with belief bottom prices are reached. Money is plentiful in New York and western centers while wheat hits its highest price since 1898 for milling needs. Advances occur in corn oats cotton coffee leather hides tin and copper with silk goods and prints improving. Canadian sales slow due to severe weather.
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New York
International Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Pittsburg
Chicago
Boston
Indianapolis
Minners’ Union
John Mitshell
Louis Sass
Southwest
Philadelphia
Eycept
St. Paul
Duluth
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Cleveland
Koreans Attack Japanese Workmen Across Seoul Rail Line
A Seoul dispatch reports Koreans assaulting Japanese railway workers at several points on the Seoul-Fuguan line. Japanese authorities threaten Japan will take necessary measures with troops to prevent further disorders. The note suggests tensions tied to Manchuria and broader Sino-Japanese power struggles.
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London
Seoul
Korea
Seoul-Fuguan
Empress of Ching
China
Globe
Shanghai
Manchuria
Roosevelt and Foraker Confer at the White House
President Theodore Roosevelt and Senator Joseph Foraker met briefly at the White House to discuss the Ohio political situation and possible delegations to the Chicago Republican convention. Foraker’s visit followed a trip to Ohio to gauge opinion and may lead to a delegate contest or a détente with Senators Hanna and Foraker.
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Washington
White House
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Tme
Foraker
Chicago
Hanna and
Hanna
Isimade
Radium Should Be Widely Produced in United States
Professor Alexander H. Phillips of Princeton reports successful extraction of radium from American ore, using carnotite ore from Utah and the Curie method. He claims American radium can soon be plentiful and affordable for all scientific fields, with Buffalo mines gearing up for large scale production.
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New York
Technology Club
Alexander H. Phillips
Princeton University
United States
Utah
Prof. Philips
Curie
Buffalo
Counterfeiters Arrested in Morgan Street Raid
Deputy U S marshals raid a Morgan Street flat and arrest three men in a counterfeiting case. John O Shea Jr 15 asserted was caught making bogus half dollars Henry Cotter and Fred Sullivan a saloon keeper were captured. War held on charges of distribution. The men faced Commissioner Foote with $1000 bonds. Molds dies and partially completed dies were seized.
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Chicago
United States
Morgan, Street
John O'Shea
T 15
Henry Cotter
Fred Sullivan
War
Foote
Cole
Missouri Press Association Expels Two Figures in Bodling Case
In Jefferson City authorities expelled former Lieutenant Governor John A. Jee and TL. 12 Page editor of the Boone Terre Star amid allegations of boodling during the annual Missouri Press association session.
Powers on Witness Stand at Inquest into Iroquois Fire
Harry J Powers testifies as stockholder and associate manager of the Iroquois Theater outlining roles in plans contracts and opening. He notes responsibility for fire equipment lay with fireman Saller and Davis and Erlanger controlled the opening date and hiring details while denying direct involvement in fire safety orders.
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Chicago
Harry J. Powers
Iroquois Theater
Traeger
Will J. Davis
Powers
Iroquois Theater Company
Pavis
Kilaw
Erlanger
Fuller Construction Company
Davis
Marshall
Bluebeard
Saller
Salter
Campion
Fire Department
Noonan
Cummings
Asher Dusenberry
UC Reports Rare Ichthyosaurus Fossil Find in Chile
University of California reports a remarkably complete Ichthyosaurus fossil found near Coquimbo, Chile by the Lick Observatory expedition led by Astronomer W H Wright. Paleontology chair Fros Merriam calls it unmatched in completeness and scientific value. Adrian de Mortillet travels to Coquimbo to inspect the skeleton.
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University of California
South America
W. HH. Wright
Lick Observatory
Chile
Coquimbo
Alequest
Fros. Merriam
University
Adrian de Mortillet
Senate Rejects Bill on Abolishing Employment Agencies
Paris reports the senate rejected a bill for the compulsory abolition of employment agencies with compensation despite support from the minister of commerce. The outcome ends the measure in its current form.
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Paris
Senate
Pleasant Armstrong Executed for 1902 Oregon murder
Baker City Ore January 22 Pleasant Armstrong was executed in the jail yard for the Christmas 1902 murder of Minnie Ensminger near Haines. He confessed briefly and received the Catholic rite. The case spanned legal challenges to the execution site and officer, ending with the state supreme court upholding the death warrant.
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Baker City
Ore
Pleasant Armstrong
Minnie Ensminger
Haines
Armstrong
Father Olivetti
Joseph Henner
Oregon
Miss Ensminger
Rhodes Scholarship increases scholars for Oxford year
New York dispatch reports after Dr G St Parkins tour distributing Rhodes scholarships seventy five students will study at Oxford next year. By 1906 the number rises to 175 with scholars from South Africa New Zealand Australia United States Canada and Germany. Claims celebrate warm reception and lack of cliqueism.
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New York
G. St. Parkins
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Rhodes
Oxford
Gays & Times Dispatch
London
United States
Canada
Germany
Sultan Grants Central Amnesty to Bulgars and Macedonians
The sultan orders general amnesty for Bulgarians and Macedonians jailed for last summer disturbances. The decree awaits implementation after the Porte seeks assurances on Bulgaria's future stance.
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Constantinople
Bulgaria
Cotton Still Booming As July futures Hit 15 Cents
In New York on January 22 cotton rose to 15 cents for the July option amid sensational demand. Liverpool spot prices climbed to 8 pence per pound, signaling tight receipts and strong activity by bull leaders that propelled New York into an unprecedented surge.
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New York
Liverpool
Miners in Session Adopt Color Line Memorial
At the United Mine Workers session in Indianapolis on January 22 a memorial addressed to the American Federation of Labor urging federal action to standardize color line legislation across trades was adopted. A resolution freed locals from taxation by central trade unions for general business agent support. The executive committee plans a higher per capita strike assessment to fund prosecutions of Colorado, West Virginia, and Myersdale district strikers. Socialists again urged teaching socialism at the convention with a resolution for scheduled economy discussions.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Colorado
West Virginia
Myersdale
Mountaineer Swaney Sentenced to Fourteen Years
James Swaney the mountaineer jailed for second degree murder in the December 22 Haydentown killing of Big Bill Turner received a fourteen year penitentiary sentence after a month on bail and holidays with family. His attorneys plan to appeal to the supreme court and may seek bail pending the decision.
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Strong
State Penitentiary
Armstrong
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Buu Preme Court
Armstrous
Federal District Court
Uniontown
James Swaney
Big Bill" Turner
Haydentown
Swaney
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Loraine
American Shipbuilding Company
Japan
The
Spondent
Pekin
Roosevelt
Harry Powers
Barayard Union
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