Tornado Toll in North Texas Racks Up Fatalities and Damage
A powerful tornado in North Texas last night killed sixteen people and injured twenty two, with nearly fifty others cut or bruised and over $100000 in property damage. Wills Point area suffered the worst losses with multiple fatalities including Mrs T C Douglass and Jesse Douglass. Additional deaths were reported at Martins Mills and Emery, with injuries at Arbola and surrounding residences.
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Dallas
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Texas
Wills Point
T. C Douglass
Jesse Douglass Ella McClellan
Mamin Hrisslindine
Martins Mills
Willis Point
Emery
Walter Martin
Mary Burkwaller
George Avery
Jo F. Littlejohn
Arbola
Pink Kark
George Davis
William Duckett
Frick denies Pittsburg art academy plan
H C Frick denied reports that he would build a Pittsburg Academy of Fine Arts opposite the Carnegie Institute at a cost of 6 million dollars. He said he has no such project and Carnegie never desired the land, which was bought years ago.
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H. C. Frick
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Academy of Fine Arts
Andrew Carnegie
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Carnegie
German Torpedoes Bigger Warships To Mount Larger Tubes
London May 27 report from the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says Germany plans an improved torpedo service. New battleships will use nineteen and three quarter inch tubes instead of seventeen and three quarter inch, increasing velocity by about five knots. The move aims to make the German torpedo arm the world’s strongest.
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London
Berlin
Daily Mail
Mystery in Death at Sellers Home Pittsburg
Special to The Washington Post reports the death of Harry D. Sellers twenty at his home 1422 Wightman street Pittsburg found with a bullet hole in his temple just after noon. Deputy Coroner Black favors death by own action while the family calls it an accident. Tickets to Atlantic City via Pennsylvania Railroad offered for AMA meetings.
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Washington Post
Harry D. Sellers
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Sellers
Wightman Street
Black
Taft Backs Tariff Revision As Roosevelts Coaching Prompts Stance
War Secretary Taft declares himself a tariff revisionist on the eve of his GOP nomination and follows Roosevelt’s lead toward tariff reform. He seeks reduced Dingley schedules, anticipating a Six tieth Congress push. Support grows in New England and farming regions while Pennsylvania clings to protectionism.
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New England
Mrs McKinley Dies at Canton Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. William McKinley dies at 1 05 PM in Canton Ohio after long illness. Secretary Cortelyou directs arrangements for a simple funeral at the McKinley residence Wednesday at 2 PM with President Roosevelt Vice President Fairbanks and others to attend. The body will rest in West Lawn Cemetery vault until the new Monument Hill mausoleum is ready for interment.
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Fairbanks
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Rixey
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Loeb
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Husband
Tariff Reform and McKinley Era Echoes in 1908 Campaign
The piece argues tariff revision as a political tool, noting McKinley’s 1896 promise and 1908 prospects for an extraordinary congressional session to trim high protective duties. It suggests a recurring pattern where Republicans seek reduced duties, potentially shaping the Sixty-first Congress.
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Admits Killing Girl in Elmhurst Becomes Feeble Slayer
New York police say Henry Becker confessed to murdering 15 year old Amelia Staffeldt in Elmhurst last Wednesday describing how he struck her with a stone and stabbed her with a knife after an attempted flirtation. He identified a second man washed at a yard pump and said the stranger disappeared. Becker, deemed feeble minded, faces homicide charges but may not stand trial due to his condition.
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New York
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Elmhurst
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Flushing
Rockefeller Bible Students Face Outside Scoffing Protests
Special to The Washington Post New York May 26 Protest by John D Rockefeller Jr on outsiders paying Rockefeller Bible students for being in the class. Troxell seeks to end the baiting with postal notices costing a cent. Rockefeller vows to continue teaching the Bible despite gibes.
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New York
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Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
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Standard Oil
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Rockefeller
No clew to missing four year old Malloy
Wilmington police report no clue to four year old Francis Malloy who vanished on Tuesday evening from a trolley bridge over the Brandywine River. Parents, under strain, aided searches with dynamite blasts failing to locate the boy amid theories of abduction and drowned. The case follows the Marvin affair and has drawn large public interest.
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Del
Francis Malloy
Washington Post
Wilmington
Brandywine River
James H. Malloy
Marvin
Alexandre Cassin Dead Artist and Writer
New York May 26 Alexandre Cassin artist and man of letters died today from spinal disease at age fifty seven Born in Mexico he gained recognition as painter sculptor and writer His sculpture includes a bust of President Mckinley Also notes a Decoration Day outing for two dollars round trip via Pennsylvania Railroad with trains from Washington at 8 05 am and return from Gettysburg 5 35 pm Pen Mar 6 15 pm.
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Alexandre Cassin
Mexico
Mckinley
Gettysburg
Pen Mar
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
San Francisco Mob Attacks Japanese Restaurant and Bathhouse
Special to The Washington Post reports that a mob damaged a Japanese restaurant and the adjacent bathhouse after a lack of police in the district south of Market Street. Governor Gillett seeks business action to restore order amid labor unrest and city government chaos.
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Gillett
Missing Pastor Located After Sudden Church Departure
Special to The Washington Chicago May The Rev Charles R Dalrymple pastor of the Trinitarian Church of Milbury Mass was found in Chicago today He denied deserting his wife and children saying a short separation was agreed with his wife He claimed the notice of scandal came from neighbors and that he will return to Milbury to resume his work if not embarrassed He is staying at 294 East Sixtieth Street Chicago.
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Mass
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Dog's trick saves family from fire in Oxford Pennsylvania
May 26 report from Oxford Pennsylvania tells how a farmer Willam Beattie and his family were saved from a house fire by a dog trained to pull the dinner bell rope when the household could not be awakened by barking. The father fought smoke and flames to reach his two children as neighbors aided the escape.
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Washington Post
Oxford
Callie
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James
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Hugging in Parks Sparks Civic Clash in Cleveland
Cleveland dispatch reports park police chief Joe Goldsoll reacting to ministers planning a meeting over public park hugging. He cites the Declaration of Independence and argues hugging is a pursuit of happiness, noting some people lack home facilities and rely on parks for personal liberty and social activity.
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Joe Goldsoll
Killed by pitched ball in Baltimore baseball game
Special to The Washington Fest Baltimore May 25 a tragedy at the start of the third inning ended a game between the Relay and Newark clubs at St Denis Baltimore County. William Thomas King 26 of Wilhelm Park Halethorpe was struck in the heart by a pitched ball and died instantly at the plate. His wife and one son survive. His mother in law Mrs Mary Gwens is in critical condition. King worked as a machinist for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Mary Gwens
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June Weddings Announced List of Washington Society Notables
Boston May 26 A brilliant list of June weddings features well known Boston, New York, and Washington society figures. Adele M Cain to William Otis Kimball and several other couples join on June 1, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18, and 26, including Mrs Sargent with Dr Cheever and Cornelia Thayer to Count von Moltke.
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N. Phillips Dodge
Mildred Nickerson
Charles Hamlin
Rosamond Peabody
B. Mason Hamlin
Marion Slocum
Thomas Jewett Hallowell
Hannah Stevenson
Sam Wolcott
Mary Hoague
Charles Sheafe
Cornelia Thayer
Count von Moltke
May Irwin Weds Kurt Eisfeldt on St Lawrence Island
May Irwin the actress married Kurt Eisfeldt her manager and press agent today on an island in the St Lawrence River three miles above Clayton. The ceremony was at 2 15 pm with only her two sons present. They will honeymoon at Irwin Isle where a new three story granite cottage nears completion. Irwin plans vaudeville next season after signing with Keith-Proctor.
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Washington Post
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St Lawrence River
May Irwin
Kurt Eisfeldt
Irwin Isle
Chesapeake Beach Opens With Special Excursions
Chesapeake Beach now open for a day trip with special excursions via Pennsylvania Railroad. Rail schedule lists departures from Washington at 8:06 a m and return times from Gettysburg and Pen Mar in the evening, with fares around two dollars to Gettysburg or Pen Mar.
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Tiger Killed Girl At Circus Rampage
Special to The Waslington Post Twin Falls Idaho May 6 funeral planned for four year old Ruth Rozell killed when a Royal Bengal tiger escaped during a Sells Floto circus performance. The tiger mauled her mother and several spectators and a Shetland pony before being shot by a bystander blacksmith J W Bell. The child died two hours later and no criminal action filed against circus management.
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Idaho
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