Tornado kills and damages across three states
A violent tornado swept 300 miles across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama destroying four towns and causing heavy property loss. It struck Alexandria killing several and injuring many, then crossed the Mississippi River to Jackson and Bayou Sara with fatalities among inmates and civilians. The storm damaged rail lines and left debris and scattered wreckage, with daylight cleanup revealing extensive destruction and crops ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Ana
Mississippi
Louisiana
Jackson
Bayou
Sara
Carson
Miss
New Orleans
Alabama
Lagoon
Mississippi River
Bayou Sara
Carson, Miss
Selma
Ala
Omer Beck
Watthew Dunn
Ora Dudley
Lydia Harding
Insane Ceulum
Feliciana Parish
Strs
Collins Matally
Mary Lea
Megroceel
CT Coline
Follolans Parish
Mra Omer, Hock
Frank Veertens
Matthews Dunn
TP Convilen
Catldren
Francis Demiso
Edward Steward
Alexandis
Hoh
Fergueon
Jackson AB Crothers
Biasissiant Central
Bown Down
Deposed Priest Gustavus Tuckerman Leaves Episcopal Church
Boston reports that Rev. Gustavus Tuckerman, once linked with New York and St. Louis, was formally deposed from the Episcopal priesthood by Bishop Greer. He now serves as a Unitarian minister after requesting deposition over doctrinal disputes including the Holy Trinity and virgin birth. Greer noted no moral fault and said deposition came at Tuckerman’s request, pronounced in New York last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gustavus Tuckerman
New York
St. Louis
Episcopal Church
David H. Greer
Tuckerman
Greer
Rest cure for Baroness Moncheur at Johns Hopkins
Baroness Moncheur, patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital, is reported to be improving after a rest cure begun in Baltimore. She is fatigued by social obligations and the death of daughter Louise, with the decision following a consultation with Dr. Barker at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Whiteley
Barker
Johns Hopking
Czar May Quit Throne Amid Russia Turmoil
Reports in The Mirror and Daily Mail claim Czar will abdicate within a month, with Grand Duke Michael as regent and a military dictatorship to end revolution. Moscow correspondents voice gloom, noting the Douma’s weakness, growing unrest, and potential shift of power to the autocracy as workers and monarchists grow volatile. Boston reports manager Charles W. String of the Metropolitan Opera Company weakening in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douma
St.Petersburg
Russia
Washington Post
London
the Mirror
Daily Mail
Czar
Grand Duke
Michael
Czarewitch
Mirror
The
Goft
St. Petersburg
Telegraph
Taurida Palace
String
Boston
Charles W. String
Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Carnegie Hosts International Peace Evening at New York Residence
About 300 guests including teamsters bankers hod carriers and artisans attended the Carnegie home at Ninety-first Street and Fifth Avenue for an International Peace Evening under the National Civic Federation. Ambassadors and labor leaders among the attendees heard Carnegie and Belmont stress arbitration and peace as labor and capital mingled in the grand rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Civic Federation
Mom
Homestead
Carnegie
New York
Washington Post
Andrew Carnegie
Ninety-first Street
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Carnegie
Archbishop Farley
Mgr. Lavelle
Seth Low
Mr. Belmont
T. V. Powderly
John Mitchell
Hegan Mr. Belmont
Thaw Trial Nears Verdict as Delmas Set to Sum Up
Prosecutor Jerome plans brief recap Monday while Dr. Hamilton returns to testify on Thaw s sanity at the murder trial. Delmas may speak for two days as defense seeks a first degree murder verdict, with jurors expected to hear a final full summary before Thursday verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delinas
Dr. Hamilton
Tor
Jerome
K. Thaw
Dolphin M. Delmas
Supreme Court
Lunacy Commission
Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Harry
Allan McLane Hamilton
Hamilton
White
Delmas
Jerome Has
500 in Peril on Steamer Providence Rescue at Hell Gate
Five hundred passengers on the Fall River liner Providence faced two hours adrift after a disabled rudder in fog near Hell Gate. Fireboat Zophar Mills from Astoria towed her to dock amid steering and collision risks, with passengers shaken and crews aiding evacuations and life-preserver distributions. The vessel rounded Battery Pier after eventual rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Providence
Hell Gate
Zophar Mills
Phar Mills
Astoria
Halletts Point
Twenty-fourth Street
Chicago Woman Lawyer Plans Marriages Without Obey Clause
Catherine Waugh McCulloch, a Chicago woman lawyer and justice of the peace, announces she will feature marriages omitting the word obey. Her husband, a noted lawyer, will not be permitted to practice in her court. In other notes, Riders in the Chevy Chase Steeplechase headline today at Benning with about ten and a half miles. The Nurs Stake Hece and four other races cap the event, first race at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benning
Washington Nursery
Dencing Waday
Chevy Chase
Stepiechaze
Hhis
Thaw
Tunney Commission
Jerome
Stanford White
Washington Post
Chicago
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
City of Troy Burns In Hudson River Steamers Blaze
The steamer City of Troy carrying sixty five passengers burned to the water’s edge near Dobbs Ferry after leaving New York for Albany. The ship’s cargo and thirteen horses were lost, Edwin Gould’s dock caught fire, and a woman passenger sleeping in her stateroom was rescued ashore by two firemen from Dobbs Ferry. Firefighters faced heavy smoke as the crew fought flames and the captain steered for land to land everyone safely. The incident occurred about eight miles below Dobbs Ferry around 8 o’clock with all passengers eventually reaching shore and the vessel drifting away from its dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Insane Asylum
Leach Lea
Bayou Sara
Crothers
Dobbs Ferry
City of Troy
Citizens' Line
Edwin Gould
City of
Troy
New York
Manila
Eager
Every Chinese Woman in US Mother of Thirty Eight Sons
Statistics from the immigration board in San Francisco claim that many Chinese women in America must be mothers of thirty eight sons if the figures sworn by native born status hold true. In New York Comstock raided postal cards seizing fifteen thousand five hundred picture cards believed improper. four men arrested. Sloan's on G Street advertises sale of office and household furniture and harness. Baltimore and Return rail offer weekly service with several trains daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
San Francisco
Immigration Board of the Port
Comstock
Caiis
New York
Anthony Comstock
Socialite Mrs Clara Bothfeld Dies by Suicide in Bay Ridge
Mrs Clara Bothfeld, wife of Otto Rothfeld a New York Produce Exchange member, committed suicide by drowning in the Narrows at Bay Ridge Brooklyn after years of ill health and blood poisoning. She had been a prominent Bay Ridge hostess and left home in a nightgown to walk to the shore. Her body was recovered hours later as family and police searched the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clara Bothfeld
Otto Rothfeld
New York Produce Exchange
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Bothfeld
Ovington Avenue
The
Bay
Chicago to rebuild traction system in three years
Chicago plans a $40,000,000 rehabilitation of its dilapidated traction network to create the finest system in the world. The project starts Monday and will be completed in three years, with $10,000,000 spent this year under a joint board of engineers from public and private interests. Bion J. Amos joins as a member from both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mitten
Chicago City Railway Company
Dunne
Ety
Bion J. Amom
Japan plans largest world warship built in England
London April 5 Japan to place order in England for a 21000 ton battleship. Commission to arrange contract in Britain for a capital ship larger than the Pacificator. Estimated cost about 2260000 pounds. Ship to carry four large armaments and reflect growth of dreadnoughts spurring orders from Brazil Argentina and Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Washington Post
London
Japan
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Wife Seeks Separation After Alleged Cruel Treatment
Ida Bollir petitions for separation from furrier Yoane Bour as she details cruel acts including being kept to 5 cents weekly payments, hospital illness, and an alleged attempt to suffocate her by turning down gas. Supreme Court Justice in Brooklyn grants temporary alimony of 3 dollars weekly pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Supreme Court
Thomas
Brooklyn
Ida Bollir
Yoane Bour
Sha Svera
New clue to lost boy in Marvin abduction case
Special to The Washington Sea from Dover Delaware April 5. F P Dimato of a Baltimore detective agency was seen in Dover tonight having returned here and resumed important work in the Marvin abduction case. Rumors say Dimato has new intimation but nothing divulged. Dr Marvin still receives crank letters asking for payments of 100 to 1000 dollars to recover Horace but detectives urge him not to pay out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Sea
Dover
Del
F. P. Dimato
Baltimore
Marvin
Dimaio
Horace
Secret pool room session probes Cedar Street raid
Assistant District Attorney Vandiver questioned three men Henry Newman John Mack and Nathan Jacobs after a Cedar Street pool room raid seeking details on a supposed pool room syndicate. The men were discharged earlier that day as no proof tied them to the pool room industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vandiver
Cedar Street
Henry Newman
John Mack
Nathan Jacobs
Republicans Fight Over Roosevelts Nomination Flag
The piece reports on Roosevelt era battles over party loyalty amid Harriman’s alleged cabal against his policies. It notes White House reactions, Senator Penrose involvement rumors, and the push for party unity ahead of the 1903 convention while detailing who publicly supports or opposes the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Roosevelt
Cabal
Penrose
White House
Whits House
Pennsylvania
Shiney Webster
Rabal
Bhose
Washington
Tiwan
Senator Penrose
Loeb
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asylum For Insane
Thotornado
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Railroad
Pineville
Banking Dept. of Uniont Trust Co
Bt Wst
O'donnell’s
F St
Baroness
Saya
Dmader
Robert Burns
O'Donnell's
Belmont
Vig Br Welke
Weike
H. H. Vreeland
Big BI Weihe
Ellis Island
Alexander Berkmann
Henry C. Frick
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Daniel J. O'Keefe
International Longshoremen's Union
Leslie M Shaw
the Treasury
Robert J. Riddell
Double Drum Bolsters
George Haven Putnam
William J Skinner
Stone Setters’ Union
Lincoln Trust Company
Henry Oscar Cole
Bricklayers’ Union
Louis Windmuller
John Hanley
W- C. Brown
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Edward Hannah
Blue Stone Cutters's Union
Appellate Division
Bir
Big Liner
Hell Gate Eddies
Fall River
Woman Justice of Peace
Sloan's
Ha,mi
Return
Ohio H. FR
Atl
Royal Limited
Frame
Lee O'Donnell
Cpage
Philadelphia
Mr. Penrage
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!