Milford Placed Under Consideration as Third Class City
Utah state news reports Milford may become a third class city as local movement grows. Other items include May 6 Park City Woodmen convention, Salt Lake Volunteers of America employment agency, and various local incidents and appointments across the state.
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Milford
Woodmen of America
Park City
Volunteers of America
Salt Lake City
Senate
Jacob Greenewald
Salt Lake
Ephraim
Oregon Short Line
Jull
William Davis
Logan
Oral Stanson
Ephalm
James State
Ogden
Yale
Cutler
Jiague
Mass Landslide Destroys Notre Dame de Salette Town
A hillside near Notre Dame de Salette on the Lievre river collapsed in the early hours Sunday. Forty people remain missing or dead as twenty houses were engulfed and the river rose, with at least thirty known dead and eleven bodies recovered.
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Buckingham
Quebec
Notre Dame de Salette
Heyre
de Saletta
de Salette
Lievre
Hmestone
Poupere
Hye
Campaign Against Yaquis Ramps Up In Sonora
Reports say a vigorous campaign against Yaquis in Sonora is to be launched as the twenty second battalion arrives at Guaymas aboard the Alamos and the gunboat L lampico nears port with the twenty fifth battalion General Lorenzo Iforres to assume command about a thousand Yaquis are held at Hermosillo for deportation to Yucatan while depredations have slowed regional mining and enterprise.
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Nogales
Aviz
Sonora
Guaymas
L Lampico
Lorenzo Iforres
Hermosilio
Yucatan
Llampico
Alamos
Storms Ravage the South Kill Hundreds and Wreck Towns
Terrifying two day tornado outbreaks sweep Texas to Georgia killing about 308 and injuring 109. Amite Purvis and other communities report severe destruction with looting and martial law in several towns as relief efforts mobilize and tents are sought for the homeless.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Amite
Noel
South
Purvis
Miss
Little Town
Tornado Strikes the Sunny South Kills Many in Deep South
Tornadoes swept Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama killing an estimated 250 or more and injuring about 400. Many towns were wiped out or heavily damaged with numerous Black residents among the dead. Reports name Amite Natchez Vidalia Purvis Landing Bergen Alberville and Winchester among affected locales.
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Atlanta
Whch
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Natchez, Miss
Amite
McLain
Miss
Vidalia
Quitman Landing
Purvis’ Landing
Amite City
Arcadia
Independence
Delle Grove
Weston
Lorman
Pine Ridge
Tralichilds Creek
Purvise
Lamberton
Dora
Bergen
Birmingham
Ata Richland
Lamourie
Winchester
Mobile
Tattiesburg
Thomas
Alberville
President signs Employers Liability Bill in Roosevelt era
Washington reports President Roosevelt signed the employers liability bill after Attorney General Bonaparte opined its constitutional. The measure covers railroad and other common carriers in interstate commerce and extends to territories and possessions. It bars waivers of liability, allows credit for employee benefits, and requires lawsuits within two years.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Territories
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Explosion on Battleship Missouri Engines Blowout
An accident on the battleship Missouri during a fleet run from Santa Monica to Santa Barbara caused a high pressure cylinder failure in the port engine. Steam filled the cylinder and crew shut off steam after urgent engine room work. No injuries were reported and danger passed.
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Missouri
Santa Barbara
Cal
Santa Monica
Gold Strike Near Arctic Report From Nolan Creek
The arrival of Bishop P Rowe from the north on the Yucatan brings details of a gold strike on Nolan Creek at the head of Kojyukuk river, about 200 miles from the Arctic Ocean. The strike lies at 150 feet depth and the summer cleanup is estimated at one million dollars.
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Seattle
P T Rowe
Sypiscopal Church
Territory of
Alaska
Yucatan
Nolan Creek
Kojyukuk
Arctic Ocean
Revolt in Corrients and Santiago provinces prompt unrest
Buenos Ayres reports a provincial chamber motion to bring the Corrients governor to a local court on treason charges and predicts potential anarchy. In Santiago a band of resolutionists attacked the governor, drove him and ministers from the state, and proclaimed a provisional government.
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Buenos Ayres
Corrients
Provincral Chamber
Santiago
Sttls
Storm tolls in Alabama and Mississippi fatalities rise
Reports from Alecon Mississippi and Atlanta Georgia detail fifteen killed in a Friday eisclonic disturbance and many wounded. In Albertville a year old child and two adults die from injuries, raising the total deaths to eleven whites and two Negroes at that place, with a second violent storm hitting Fort Deposit Alabama on Sunday.
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Atlanta
Alecon
Miss
J C Coleman
W L Bobbo
Emmet Russell
Albertville
Ala
Abandoned Train Hold Up Near Butte
Four men attempted to stop the north coast limited train near Welds Spur and Homestake, fifteen miles east of Butte. Torpedo blasts halted the westbound train as engineers Hianscomb and Gear grew wary, and the suspects fled into rocky terrain toward Butte after aborting the crime.
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Butte
North Coast Limited
Overland Flyer
Northern
Pacfic
Welds Spur
Homestake
North Coast
Frank Crow
Hianscomb
Gear
Bnite
Russell May Not Return to Venezuela After Leave
The gunboat Dubuque is placed at the disposal of U S Minister Russell to depart Venezuela on a sixty day leave of absence if bubonic plague prevents passage on regular steamers. Some quarters think Russell may not return to his post and could be assigned elsewhere after his leave expires.
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Washington
Dubuque
United States
Russell
Venezuela
Taft Denies Resignation Rumor From Havana
Secretary of War Taft says the Havana interview claiming he would resign if nominated at the Chicago convention has no foundation. He warns the report is unauthorized and states there is no intention to resign. He notes Governor Magoon of Cuba would not succeed him.
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Washington
Taft
Havana
Thomas P. Egan
Cincinnati
Chicago
Magoon
Cuba
Lads Charged With Attempting to Rob a Great Northern Train
Two youths, 19 and 16, were arrested at Basin in connection with an attempted Great Northern train holdup in Butte Montana. They carried a revolver and a rifle and gave home as Meaderville a Butte suburb. They claimed to seek work at the Basin smelter and offered no satisfactory explanation for the weapons.
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Butte
Mont
Basin
Great Northern
George Long
Fred Anderson
Meaderville
British Forces Push Back Tribesmen Near Peshawar
Sir James Willcocks attacked at Simla on April 24 with two columns to halt a tribal raid cutting lines of communication. After a sharp morning engagement the British drove off the tribesmen with sixty British casualties and unknown enemy losses.
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Simla
James Willcoxs
Peshavwaur
Judge Kohlsaar halts express franks transport across states
U S court issues injunction against National American Wells Fargo United States and Adams Express restraining issuance of express franks and transport of property in interstate commerce. Federal District Attorney Sims says decision crucial to interpretation of interstate commerce law as it applies to express companies.
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Chicago
Kohlsaar
United States
Cout
National
American
Wells Fargo
Adams Spress
Sims
Labor blamed for congressman Littlefield retirement
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor said labor protests years ago pushed Maine Congressman Littlefield to resign. Gompers claimed Littlefield regained his seat but his influence faded, leading him to retire to private life.
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New York
Littlefield
Maine
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Congress
Gompers
Two Trains Collide Near Melbourne Killing Many
A collision on April 19 at Braybrook Junction between the Ballarat and Bendigo trains left forty two bodies recovered and eighty six injured. Many victims boarded the Ballarat train at Braybrook and were settling when the crash occurred. several others believed buried under debris.
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Melbourne
Australia
Attempt to Secure Thaw's Release
James Graham of Newburgh files for order to allow Thaw to sign writ of habeas corpus. Justice Marschauser in White Plains granted the order, with a likely hearing before a justice after the application is completed.
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Thaw
Poughkeepsie
If K Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
James Graham
Newburg
Thaws
Marschauser
White Plains
T the
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Utah
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John Aristin
San Miancisco
School of Education
Ira D Wines
Lehi
Beaver Power Company
Beaver River
Newhouse
James Dahl
Bingham Junction
James Hamilton
Daniel Fabersole
French Town
Lievre River
Campaign Aginst
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Argentina
Franks
Goempers
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