Notre Dame de Salette landslide buries French hamlet
Buckingham Que April 26 Half the French settlement Notre Dame de Salette on the Lievre River is buried under earth and rock after a spring landslide. At least thirty people are known dead with many homes destroyed as rescuers race to reach survivors.
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Beg at Churches for Work in Granite City
Fifty men knelt before churches in Granite City pleading for work. After hours of rain and mud the largely foreign group, many bareheaded and without coats or shoes, left the churches in a desperate search for bread. Christo Antoninss, a Hungarian, shot himself in the abdomen as the day ended in failure.
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Frog Swallows Sparrow in Capitol Square Tale
Richmond April 26 Policeman Tom Carroll reports a large frog leaped from a fountain in Capitol square and swallowed an English sparrow. The frog lay hidden under a plank and struck at the bird with its front feet, gulping down the sparrow in a single bold act.
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Missing Mail Bags Reported In Theft Case
London authorities learn two bags from this city containing securities worth 500000 dollars were stolen in New York late last month. One bag for St Louis on the Majestic and another for Brooklyn on the Philadelphia disappeared in transit after arriving in New York. Postal officials doubt any substantial cash was involved and suspect clerical errors in tallying. Inspector Mayer and Postmaster Morgan call for further inquiry while noting no complaints of loss.
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Snow Stops English Travel in Deep Drifts
Denton April 28 reports a severe blizzard crippling the United Kingdom with eight foot snow drifts and near zero temperatures. Railways tramways and roads shut down isolating districts and causing several exposure deaths while fruit crops suffer damage. London emerged from heavy snow but remained extremely cold as the storm persisted.
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Five Gladiator dead in Isle of Wight collision
London reports 5 deaths and 23 missing from the Gladiator after the American liner St Paul collided with the British cruiser Off the Isle of Wight. Divers found no bodies. naval court and board of trade inquiry planned. Portsmouth list adds 1 dead and 7 in hospital with missing officers and men. Relief fund appeal issued by the Portsmouth mayor.
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Rescue and collision near Solent with Gladiator and St Paul
Report of the Gladiator collision in the Solent with the St Paul recounts Royal Engineers rescuing sailors from the water and officers cared for overnight. Survivor accounts describe the grog time accident, boats delayed by heavy snow, and the calm discipline aboard both ships amid the disaster.
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B'nai Brith District Grand Lodge in Session
Simon Wolf of Washington addresses the District Grand Lodge No. 5 in Win hington North Carolina the 34th annual convention with 100 delegates from Georgia South Carolina Virginia Maryland DC and North Carolina Rabbi George Salomon of Savannah and Rabbi David Marx of Atlanta speak session to run three days The Washington Southern Ry discontinues dining car on train No 29 parlor car service is offered Sundays cancelled
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Savannah
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Maine GOP Conveys Noninstructive Delegates Plan
Portland April 26 The Republican convention in Portland is expected to follow a long-standing practice and not instruct delegates at large for any national candidate. While resolutions favoring various candidates may be offered, they are unlikely to be adopted. Delegates at large are expected to be Col Thomas P Shaw Edward P Ricker ex Gov John F Hill and Judge Charles J Dare with Orrone listed.
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Thomas P. Shaw
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Augusta
Charles J. Dare
Orone
Chief Jose Dead Aged 111 Hunter of California
Chief Jose of the San Manuel Reservation near Highland is found dead in his cabin. He was said to be 111 years old and renowned as a mighty hunter who trained many local hunters and once killed a bear to save a white boy. His death was reported by his wife in San Bernardino.
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Storm leaves death toll 368 in tornado battered states
Reports list 46 towns wrecked and 2500 buildings destroyed as storms sweep through the region. A chaotic procession of wind driven debris and animals disrupts a dinner party in one town.
Destruction by Tornadoes Across Four States
In Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi the Friday Saturday storm killed about 368 people injured around 1200 and left thousands homeless. Georgia suffered the heaviest losses with many deaths among Negro residents as towns and farms were wrecked. Across Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama dozens of towns suffered damage and relief funds were started while investigators cataloged casualties and aid efforts.
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Venom Extraction Ushers New Era For Serum Supply
New York April 26 report details the first venom extraction from a lance-head viper in eighty years. Dr Ditmars and colleagues at the Bronx Zoo captured the Brazil specimen and obtained venom in a glass receptor, promising a world supply for decades despite the reptile’s fragile condition after capture. The operation underscores the viper’s extreme danger and the medical potential of the serum in treating severe diseases.
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Craze by storm ends in family tragedy in Cayes
Special to The Washington Post reports Wallace Polk an elderly farmer, driven by windstorm insanity, shot his wife and daughter and then himself. The daughter survives. The record notes a surgeon’s patient and a minor neck abscess operation on Dr William T Bull in New York.
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Wu Tingfang Falls Off Water Wagon at Philosophical Banquet
At the American Philosophical Society banquet in Philadelphia Wu Tingfang, once praised by Mrs. Henderson for temperance, drank wine openly with evident pleasure. The diplomat had earlier claimed teetotaler status and sought to persuade the Empress of China to join the temperance cause, but details of his sobriety linger as a matter of conjecture.
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County Clerk Dies Suddenl y
Hagerstown Maryland April 26 George Beard Oswald aged sixty five a wealthy Washington County figure dropped dead in his room at Hotel Baldwin of heart disease He served thirty five years as clerk of the Washington County Circuit Court He was president of the Mechanical Loan and Savings Bank a thirty second degree Mason and for forty two years treasurer of the Odd Fellows He had recently married Miss Lelia Firey His estate was valued at several hundred thousand dollars
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Laborers to Be Deported From West Virginia Trip
Fifteen foreigners, including thirteen Spaniards, arrived in Boston from West Virginia and will be deported aboard the Saxonia on May 4. They were detained after arriving March 25 on the Ivernta at Clarksburg on suspicion of contract labor.
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Old Log College and Its Founder Topic at Meeting
Dr. W F Brown of Pittsburg read a paper on The Old Log College and Its Founder at the Ministerial Association gathering held yesterday morning at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. A large audience attended the session.
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President May Decide It In Roosevelt Autograph Case
In Pittsburgh a suit for 50 000 damages is filed by Phoenix Investment and Trust Company against Gordon Montgomery over authenticating Theodore Roosevelt signatures on a 22 volume set bought by Mrs. Mary N McCune. The case details an agreement to pay 1 200 to own books believed to bear the President's written name.
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Wilmington
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Mary N. McCune
Theodore Roosevelt
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Prospective 1908 Nomination Field for Taft Opponents
AAD article analyzes potential candidates to challenge Taft in Chicago. It highlights Knox, Hughes, Fairbanks, and Roosevelt allies, with New York and Pennsylvania power plays shaping the race. It notes Knox’s Pennsylvania lead and possible coalition moves, while Hughes clings to late momentum and a VP slot.
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