Tornado Toll in Sarpy County and Plumes of Destruction
A severe early May tornado in Sarpy County killed fourteen people and injured many near Omaha. Homes and college buildings at Bellevue suffered heavy damage, with Park Hall and Lowry Hall among wrecked structures. Fort Crook and Papillion faced extensive property loss as farms and farmsheds were destroyed and livestock killed. The disaster prompted troops from Fort Crook to assist in relief and cleanup efforts.
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Helevge
Colege
Frank
Hester
Louisville
Charles Leader
Atenfield
Lowsvile Village
Sandpi
Lotsville
Wectarims Martin
Meadow
Martin Tisete
James Thith
Nebraska
Hellevue Willy
Park Hall
Lowry Hall
Rangin Hall
Pac Paniogtricxen Studens
College Sables
Fort Crook
Jedlio Gs
Suer Crook
Eosterm
Papillion
South Omaha
Rishfeld
Lapilinn
Gus Leer
Charles der
Martin
Riehfeld
Frank Jiester
Papillon
Martin Teith
James
M Walther and Son
Oemeer
Uhe
Texas
Sixteenth
Indicted Cornell graduate faced New York crime claim
R W Fuller ton, son of millionaire R N Fullerton of St Louis, was seized in Seattle by two New York detectives and placed aboard the Watson bound for San Francisco on a charge connected to Gladys Hobart of New York. The affair centers on alleged breach of promise and a voyage to South America in 1906. Fullerton’s arrest follows a habeas corpus move and evolving courtroom actions in San Francisco.
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R. W. Fullerton
Cerne
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New York
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New York City
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Jerome
Olympia
St Lowry
H. Fullerton
Mr. Fullerton
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Lark
Robert Fullerton
Perking
Fullerton
Tyent
South American
South America
York
Fallerton
Cornell
R. W. Pullerton
Superior Court
Judge Seawell
Seawell
Tornado Outbreak Strikes Missouri and Injures Many
Reports from Louisville Cass County indicate the heaviest losses with four tornado clouds appearing near Springfield before 6 o clock. Severe damage spurs fears of many lives lost as storms travel along the Missouri River toward Nemaha City and Falls City. In other news, Elizabeth Flourncy Mariani seeks divorce from Frederico Mariani alleging abandonment and cruelty, seeking alimony and custody of their infant daughter Margaret Evelyn.
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Cass County
Springfield
Missouri River
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Falls City
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
Elizabeth Flourncy Mariani
Bessie Johnson
Johnson
Frederico Mariani
New York
Mariani
Margaret Evelyn
Italy
East
Beesie Johnson
Governors Meet at White House to Discuss Conservation
President Roosevelt presides as governors and labor and scientific groups converge for a three day conference on conserving natural resources. Speakers include Carnegie and Mitchell.
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White House
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John Mitchell
Washington Board of Trade
New Willard Hotel
Vicce
Fairbanks
William Jennings Bryan
John A. Johnson
Gov. Johnson
Col. Bryan
Washington
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Willard
Johnson
Bryen
Mr. Fairbanks
Robber Lynched by Belgian Villagers
In Billeghem near Courtrai Belgium villagers armed with clubs and knives killed a burglar caught at the Chapel of the Virgin. Seven suspects were arrested after a postattack examination found twenty seven knife wounds on the body.
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Belgium
Billeghem
Tammany installs sachems at May meeting
At the New York Tammany Society yearly session four sachems were installed Thomas E. Rush George W. Lott Thomas T F McAvoy and Julius Harburger. The grand sachem successor to W Rourke Cochran to be chosen May Daniel F Conalan likely elected. Discussion on moving Tammany Hall headquarters not raised but leaders seriously consider it.
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Washington Post
New York
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Thomas E. Rush
George W. Lott
Thomas TF. McAvoy
Julius Harburger
W. Rourke Cochran
Daniel F. Conalan
Tammany Hall
Hughes Wins Senator Vote Amid Anti Gambling Drive
William C. Wallace Republican won the Forty seventh district senate seat in a May special election, defeating Henry A. McMahon Democrat by 248 votes. The race tied party lines to back Gov. Hughes anti gambling push, with Wallace expected to align with the governor in a cautious extra session. The vote turnout was light as farmers stayed home, and illness of Senator Poelker in Brooklyn tempered hopes of breaking the tie.
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New York
Niagara-Orange
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Willard
White House
Andrew Carnegie
Senate
Foelker
Lockport
William C. Wallace
Henry A. McMahon
McMahon
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Niagara
Orleans
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Will
Thendf
Franchot
Flupier
Distri
Albany
Poelker
Brooklyn
Staatsburgh
Hoelker
Gev. Hughes
Stabbing on Sixth Avenue Elevated prompts manhunt in New York
A man was stabbed in a crowd leaving the Sixth Avenue Elevated station at Twenty eighth Street. The assailants fled, the victim died at Bellevue Hospital. Police suspect a Hunchakist plot against the apparently Armenian man, who was well dressed and unidentifyable.
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Sixth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Bellevue Hospital
To & Crew
Woman survives knife attack as husband fights officer
George Hebbard, a Navy Yard machinist, assaulted his wife at 41 B Street Northwest then slashed to kill. Special Policeman William Cornell and Ralph C. McCracken intervened, preventing her death and subduing the assailant who later slashed his own throat. The wife, thirty one, suffered ten wounds but is saved by prompt medical care. Hebbard remained in hospital.
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Me Racker
McCracken
Driscoll
William Cornell
Beckett and Saunders
Sixth Precinct
Arthur Place
Self
Lebbard
Onley
Congress
Capitol
Sixth
Armstrong
Mr. McCracken
Mr. Hebbard
Rockville
Atom
Iowa
McMillan
Third Street
I Street
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P. McMillan
Ue Ead
Seven Die as Gas Fells Wyoming Mine Rescue Team
Seven miners die and more than a dozen injured after an underground explosion at Mount Lookout colliery of the Temple Coal and Iron Company in Wyoming Pa. Rescuers, overcome by gas, bring out survivors while crowds gather as officials battle to control the scene.
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Wyoming
Wilkesbarre
Mount Lookout
Ceu
John Kosmith
Boas
Bic
Seven Mun
Wyraming
Defaulter Montgomery's Escape and Bank Scandal Revelation
William Montgomery, defaulter cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, is taken into custody after bail doubles to 1460000. His bondsman George E Tener and ex-senator Quay's son face exposure as Montgomery confesses to theft exceeding 1.2 million, exonerates politicians, and provides leads for further arrests. Bank’s position remains sound while settlements with the bank’s receiver and farmers and drovers’ concerns define the ongoing legal actions.
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Wrehington
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny Nuliunal Bank
George E. Tener
William L. Folds
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Cucuit
Tener
Montgomiery
Mr. Tener
Lieiard Quay
United States
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Aho
Bey
Ee Pobis
Guarte
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Menizamy Coul
Viera
Lim
Ted
Meut
Gil
Miorsit Lisaken
Montperaery Arswee
George I. Tener
Richard R. Quay
Bryan's Son-in-Law Attacked by Italian Model
Paris report says W H Leavitt husband of Bryan's daughter was assaulted by Italian model Cana in his studio after refusing extra pay. Dana reportedly returned armed with a bludgeon, struck Leavitt in the head, and was countered by a knife slash. He was arrested and hospitalized. condition not dangerous.
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W. H. Leavitt
William Jennings Bryan
Cana
Mr. Leavitt
Denver
Colo
Dana
Magoon to Be Referee in Isthmus Dispute
Havana May 12 Gov Magoon announced receipt of a Taft dispatch inviting him to Isthmus to settle disputes for the Panaman administration. He will take two weeks starting June 1 to answer questions. No interim governor named yet but Maj. Gen. Barry is likely appointed. Generals Barry and Magoon receive instructions regarding the Twenty-seventh Infantry.
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Fairbanks
Bryan
Knox
Cannon
Mr. Bryan
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Gov
Johnson
Roosevelt
White House
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Rhode Island
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New Willard
Gav. Higgins
United States
Law School
Georgetown
Swanson
Virginia
Lama @ryan
Havana
Magoon
Taft
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Gen
Barry
Miss Haskell's Will Valid in Brockton Case
A Brockton jury finds Miss Eugenia Haskell validly executed her will two years after her death in Rochester. The will left all property to the son of her hired man. Her body was found in a barn and relatives sought to challenge the document.
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