Cataclysm in Hankow China Flood Claims Thousands of Lives
Reported from Shanghai April 14 describes a Wuhan area flood disaster in Hankow. More than 2,000 drowned in the night as waters swept through homes while junks sank with rescued victims later perishing. Seven hundred junks destroyed and vast property loss reported. Relief sent, but full scope unknown. Hankow lies on the Yangtze at the Han river junction, about 450 miles west of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Hankow
Hu Veh
Haakow
Yang Tse Kiang
Chelsea Fire Cost 5 1/2 Million in Boston Report
Chelsea blaze destroys 250 acres and $5.575 million in property. Insurance losses amount to $3.5 million across about eighty companies. 89,288 raised locally with Chelsea adding 10,000 and a 100,000 state grant proposed. President Roosevelt offered sympathy and army navy aid. underwriters see no salvage.
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Boston
Chelsea
Hoston
Massachusetts Fund For
San Francisco
Beck
Draper
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Bible Evidently Not Used
Walter Kraft of 19 Pine Street found nearly 1000 dollars in colonial money hidden in a family Bible for years. The bills date from colonial times including notes from George III era and one printed by Benjamin Franklin. Kraft now stores the notes in a safety deposit box.
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Belleville
Til
Walter Kraft
Pine Street
Kraft
John H. Dennis
Ilinois
George III
England
Benjamin Franklin
Brutal Texas double murder shocks Fort Worth area
M F Gerrill, a Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad foreman at Waukey nine miles from Fort Worth, and his wife were found fatally wounded after intruders struck with clubs and knives while an infant child lay badly injured. Two older children awakened by the infant’s cries reported the attackers fled as doctors arrived.
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Fort Worth
Tex
M. F. Gerrill
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Waukey
Gerrill
Indians as printers at Fort Totten mission
Four thousand prayer books printed in Sioux tongue by Fort Totten mission. Typesetting and press work done locally. bindery finished the project. Publisher and translator Rev. Jerome Hunt, OSB, of the Roman Catholic mission. Books to be distributed at Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne, Stephen, and Standing Rock agencies.
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Frand Forks
N. D
Fort Totten
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Cheyenne
Stephen
Standing Rock
Jerome Hunt
Merchants oppose Aldrich bill with New York delegation
New York April 14 The Merchants' Association will send a delegation to Washington tomorrow to present before the House Committee on Banking and Currency in opposition to the Aldrich bill. Over forty commercial organizations report resolutions against the bill.
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New York
Merchants’ Association
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Farm Hand Die From Morphine Overdose in Adrian
Matt Darrow, a farm hand employed by J. F. Bugbee in Adrian township, was found dead at the foot of the stairs in the Bugbee residence from an overdose of morphine. He had a long history of morphine addiction but had recently tried to quit before relapsing.
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Adrian, Mich
Matt Darrow
J. F. Bugbee
Adrian Township
Bugbee
Bryan Fight Dominates Democratic Convention Plot
New York April 14 Democratic state convention opens at Carnegie Hall with a likely minority for Bryan supporters and an uninstructed delegation to Denver. Progressive League backs Bryan, while McCarren secures an injunction and Johnson addresses Kentucky Democrats at the Jefferson Club banquet. Johnson and party then head to Minneapolis after Shiloh.
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Progressive League
Gov. Johnson
Louisville
Jefferson
New York
Carnegie
Bryan
Tammany
Charles PP. Murphy
W. J. Conders
Denver
Johnson
Minnesota
Kentucky
Jefferson Club
Seelbach
Willson
Frankfort
Shiloh Battlefield
Minneapolis
Johnson At A Banquet Chief Speaker At Jefferson Banquet
Governor delivers keynote at the Jefferson Banquet in Louisville on April 4 as part of the event coverage.
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Louisville
Jefferson Day Banquets Highlight Jefferson Birth Anniversary
In St Louis the Jefferson club marked Thomas Jeffersons 160th birthday with a mass meeting at the Odeon where ex Attorney General Judson Harmon of Cincinnati and Senator Thomas F Gore of Oklahoma spoke. A club dinner preceded the event with Harmon and Gore as guests. In New York the National Democratic Club observed the same anniversary with speakers including President Woodrow Wilson and Senators Simmons and Owen.
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St. Louis
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Club
Odeon
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
United States
Thomas F. Gore
Oklahoma
Harmon
Senator Gore
New York
National Democratic Club
Woodrow Wilson
Simmons
Owen
Okla
Paper Trust Prosecutions Move By Government
Washington April 14 The attorney general in reply to Speaker Cannon says an investigation into the alleged wood pulp and print paper combination is underway but no evidence yet justifies legal proceedings. He will submit findings promptly if consistent with justice. if civil or criminal action is warranted, disclosure to the public may be delayed.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Firebugs Destroy Three Buildings in Haughville
An incendiary fire in the foreign quarter of Haughville, Indianapolis, destroyed three dwellings, damaged another, and threatened the west and north districts. Escaping occupants, many foreigners, panicked and leaped from windows but no one was seriously hurt. Loss estimated at $2,000.
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Indianapolis
Haughville
Divorce suit filed by Dan Farrah against Agnes Farrah
Dan Farrah petitions for divorce from Agnes Farrah citing extreme cruelty after 42 years of marriage begun in Lake Odessa in 1906 by Rev. Trevor Jones. The couple reportedly lived together only 48 hours before separating. Farrah once ran as a Democrat for county drain commissioner. Also noted is a Berlin church fire and Cardinal Logue's Easter voyage to New York.
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Charlotte
Mich
Dan Farrah
Agnes Farrah
Lake Odessa
Trevor Jones
Farrah
Neue Friedrichstrasse
Berlin
Michael Logue
All Ireland
Dublin
New York
Chicago Market Report April 14 1908 Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Market figures show hog receipts totaling about 37 928 yesterday with prices weak to steady depending on grade. Cattle and sheep numbers around 2 500 cattle and 11 000 sheep with overall market steady or slow, mixed packers and heavy shipping grades listed with price ranges and tomorrow’s estimated receipts.
John A. Babcock Promises Fair Treatment
A note from John A. Babcock invites readers to seek a square deal, stressing fairness and straightforward handling. The message emphasizes equal consideration and trustworthy service without embellishment.
Press Agents Push Venezuela Asphalt Controversy
New York April 14 press agents from multiple interests push coverage of Castro's seizure of Bermudez asphalt and related U S concerns. A negative book defending Castro and a US diplomat interview fuel claims of duress and insurrection financing by the asphalt trust with focus on Caracas Caracas and Bermudez properties.
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New York
United States
Venezuela
Castro
New York and Bermudez Company
The
Asphalt Trust
Castres
A. L. Barber Asphalt Company
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Bermudez Asphalt
A. H. Carner
Bermudez Company
Senate and House in Brief April 14 Washington
The senate devoted time to routine business and heard a speech by Scott of West Virginia urging adequate appropriations for public buildings in the capital. In the house progress on the naval appropriation bill was reported as half of the measure completed before adjournment. The pay raise for navy and marine corps officers and the ban on marine corps bands competing with private bands were both struck from the bill. Recess was taken again.
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Senate
House
Washington
Scott
W. Va
Navy
Marine Corps
Merine Corps
Sunday Baseball Legal Ruling Allows Games in Mobile
Judge Julee F E Alford of the interior criminal court declares the Alabama Sunday games ban unconstitutional ending the prohibition on baseball tennis golf and other activities. Sunday games will be played in Mobile and are expected in Montgomery and Birmingham.
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Mobile
Ala
Julee F E. Alford
The
Interior Criminal Court
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham
Russian Troops Clash With Brigands on Frontier
In Lenkoran Transcaucasia on April 14 Russians fought a band of Persian brigands near Bel ostvar frontier coast. The captain and three soldiers were killed and five more wounded in the clash.
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Lenkoran
Transcaucasia
Russia
Belostvar
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