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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
16
A massive tornado plowed through northern Louisiana and surrounding areas, killing 181 and injuring hundreds. One town reported a fifth of its population among the injured as dozens of buildings were razed and schools wrecked. Teachers led fifty children to safety before the schoolhouse collapsed.
The disaster struck multiple communities including Tevrsuiti and Natches leaving numerous deaths and extensive injuries. Officials report at least several dozen casualties with many injured and evacuated to hospitals as aid arrives. transportation disruptions and damaged infrastructure hinder response while workers assess the widespread destruction across districts.
A Birmingham woman died on a train as storms ripped through Alabama. Two other family members were seriously hurt while Bergen carriages were blown from tracks and widespread destruction followed into Albertville and Mason. In Memphis, winds up to sixty mph uprooted trees and shattered windows. Northern Nebraska reports indicate twelve farmhouses and twenty other buildings destroyed with fourteen injuries. Sioux Falls area saw twenty two structures destroyed in Valley Springs with no fatalities.
The Rutland Railroad train to Montreal from Troy left Troy at 2 pm and wrecked at Hoosick Junction. The engine No. 21u, nicknamed the Jonah, jumped the track and rolled down an embankment. Engineer Edward Hastings of Rutland sprained his wrist. no other injuries. Hastings was the engineer in three prior wrecks involving the engine.
In Simla in April, Sir James Willevo led two British columns from Porhawaur to attack Mohmand tribesmen after an attempt to cut communication lines. After a sharp fight the British forced the tribesmen from their position. Casualty details for the Mohmands are not known.
Barre and nearby towns reach agreements ending a nine week granite workers strike that kept hundreds idle. The long stoppage is estimated to have cost wages and lost contracts totaling about 1.9 million, as hammerers boxers and bricklayers with the manufacturers committee signed a settlement.
A morning blaze at the home of David Wrehorhy in Centerville killed three. David Wrehorhy, his wife, and a neighbor, Albert Temm, were affected. Temm was rescued unconscious by a neighbor and later died. The cause is under investigation. Wrehorhy was seventy nine and his wife eighty. Mrs Lemm was older. Firefighters fought the flames as rescuers worked.
Florida moves to keep War Department lease and use of St Francis Barracks for a state arsenal and headquarters. The dispute delays coast defense plans and disrupts office set up as records are packed. A sale of household and office furniture at Sloan's follows.
In Paris the Duke of Chaulnes dies of heart failure at the Hotel Langham in the arms of his bride Miss Theodore Shonts after a brief three month marriage. Doctors diagnose enebolism of the heart as the cause. The duchess and the duke had lived quietly since arriving a month ago amid social and theater outings.
The Duchess de Chaulnes clung to her dying husband as he expired in Paris. The French nobility, friends, and officials filed condolences at the hotel while Dr Jeanton ruled the death natural and no autopsy was needed. The interment will occur after Mr Shonts reaches Paris. the funeral is planned as a grand noble procession.
After Cabinet meeting Secretary Root orders W W Russell to Caracas to leave for Washington by gunboat Dubuque He will confer with President and Root on how to compel Castro to respect American interests The administration seeks to avoid force while noting multiple injuries to U S interests in Venezuela and Cuba and doubts Congress will authorize military action
New York April 24. Managers of intercollegiate football teams discussed selection and payment of officials at a meeting. Dr J A Babbitt chaired the central board of officials which will continue appointing and paying most officials except for Yale Princeton Yale Harvard Army Navy and Pennsylvania Michigan games where teams will appoint and pay referees.
Four masked robbers seized the Cumberland Telephone Exchange and beat the operator into insensibility, then compelled Assistant Cashier B. H. Hahs of Ballard County Bank to unlock the Bandana bank and force open the safe. They escaped with 3000.
New York April 4 and Elmira April 24 report that Senator Cassidy shifted to support the anti race track gambling measure after a Washington telegram from J S Fassett was forged to urge opposing the bill. Investigation shows the telegram was altered to reverse meaning. Fassett's local telegraph office fired the operator. Cassidy’s vote and the measure’s fate sparked controversy ahead of a May extra session.
Congressional leaders discussed the incident in hotel lobbies calling for a root cause inquiry to determine how the error occurred and ensure better service. Some lawmakers linked operators seen near the Capitol to funds offered to sway support for Gov Hughes racing bill, portending a wider investigation.
Lakewood New Jersey April 4 Grover Cleveland slowly improves after stomach trouble and may stay at Lakewood Hotel. Dr Joseph D Bryant, former president's physician, arrives from New York to be with Cleveland as Mrs Cleveland issues a statement declaring slow but steady recovery and unclear plans to return to Princeton.
Charles J. D. Pierce, president of Pierce Engineering and Supply and former consul of the Orange Free State in New York, killed himself by gas in a flat at 29 Were Twenty-eighth Street. Friends say he lost over 150000 in three months as Bolivian contracts were canceled, threatening poverty. He had recently sought Musen aid in Rome for indigents, foreseeing a pauper’s grave, and spoke of a mind haunted by a Potter’s Field.
Laura Biggar Bennett, widow of Henry M. Bennett, arrives from the West to edit the Albuquerque Daily Sun. She bought the small daily with part of her inheritance and vows a program of civic improvement, strong reporting, and government watchdogging, while declining to endorse women's suffrage. She departs for the West tonight after settling business, promising a first-rate staff and firm control over editorial direction.
Baltimore Maryland April 24 George Morris Paynter of this city was brought from Panama by Detective Weaver on perjury charges. He pleaded guilty to perjury for securing a marriage license in January for his second marriage. Judge Wright sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary. He had married Emma Hill June 21 five years ago and Elise Guethler January 21 last, then deserted his first wife and went to Panama where he was arrested.
Two leaders of the Pulajane movement Cipheana Omongno alias Fidneguo and Afroniang Fernan dez were hanged at Bilibiao prison in Manila. Omongo started the Pulajane movement in Samar while Fernandez aided an attack on Leyte, killing four policemen and burning municipal buildings. Governor general granted reprieve to others.
Mrs McLean accuses others of misinforming correspondents as the president questions Mrs Story about her name. A proposal to recall insignia from lapsed members failed, while a celebration took place in the church amid the controversy over official news sources.
The D A R congress opened with prayer music and minutes reading and heard a controversial resolution urging press restraint on information from the Continental Congress. Members debated whether the press should be excluded from certain disclosures amid discussions on bonding funds for hall completion and secretary general procedures.
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