Devastating Pacific Islands Hit by Enormous Hurricane
Reports from San Francisco describe a catastrophic hurricane striking the Society and Tuamotu islands in the Pacific. Up to thousands dead, hundreds missing, and extensive property loss across Tahiti and surrounding atolls. Papeete submerged, villages wiped out, relief appeals issued as details arrive aboard the Mariposa.
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San Francisco
Galveston
Society
Pacific Ocean
Papeete
Tahiti
Tuamozu Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Society Islands
France
Tuamotu Islands
Rokoava
Fakarava
Springfield Riots Subside After Military Guard
Springfield Ohio reports a quiet Thursday as nearly 1000 troops and Gatling guns guard the Negro district after two previous nights of white mob violence. Rioters earlier burned houses and fired on residents but the city woke to calm with the militia in place and no new incidents.
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Springfield
Death of Gen. Scofield Ends Long Army Career
Lieut. Gen. John M Scofield died in St. Augustine Florida after a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday night. He served as secretary of war in 1868 69 and led the army from 1888 to 1893 retiring in 1895 with the rank of lieutenant general, the highest legal honor then allowed. His wife and young daughter were with him.
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St. Augustine
Fila
John M. Scofield
Ti. S. A
Washington
John M. Schofield
Fla
West Point
Congress
Patrick case adjourned for new trial motion
The hearing on Albert T. Patrick's motion for a new trial in the Rice murder case was adjourned until April 3. A further reprieve may be needed as Patrick faces electrocution scheduled for March 19 under Gov Higgin's authority.
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Patrick
New York
Albert T. Patrick
William Marsh Rice
Higgins
Payne bill on Philippine tariffs defeated by Senate committee
Washington The senate committee on the Philippines refused to report the Payne tariff bill by eight to five for favorable report and seven to six against reporting it. The measure would reduce duties on Philippine imports to 25 percent of the Dingley schedule and allow free trade after three years.
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Washington
Senate
Philippines
House
United States
Dominican Republic
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ex Gov James S Hogg Dies in Texas
Ex governor James S Hogg of Texas dies suddenly in Houston at the home of his law partner Frank C Jones. He was born in 1851, became governor in 1890 and opposed railroads and the Standard Oil Company. His daughter Ima Hogg declared death occurred in sleep. He spoke of a pecan and walnut tree monument.
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Houston
Tex
James Stephen Hogg
Frank C. Jones
Mics Ima Hogg
Texas
James S. Hogg
Rusk County
Standard «di
Walsh Arrested in Chicago National Bank Case
John R Walsh, president of the defunct Chicago National Bank, was arrested on federal charges for false reports to the comptroller of the currency. The complaint cites misapplication of funds and loans totaling about 3 million dollars. He posted a 50 000 dollar bond and faces a March 10 preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner Mark A Foote.
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Chicago
John R Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Washington
Morrison
Mr. Walsh
Thomas Middleton
Ames
Abbott
Walsh
United States
Mark A. Foote
Meridian Disaster Toll Tops Twenty Four Dead
The revised toll from the Meridian Mississippi tornado runs to 24 dead and 46 injured with several not expected to survive. Property losses reach 1.25 million dollars, mostly in the Lindsay Hill East End and Georgetown areas. Only five of the injured carried tornado insurance totaling 67 thousand dollars. Seven militia companies remain on duty to enforce work for idle laborers, about 100 at debris clearance. An order to remove troops was issued for Tuesday as relief and rebuilding begin with hundreds of mechanics and debris removal ongoing on Sunday.
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Meridian
Miss
Lindsey Hill
East End
Georgetown
Patterson Quits Office as Socialist Choice Emerges
Chicago March 3 Joseph Medill Patterson resigns as commissioner of public works in a letter to Mayor Duane. He cites money power and corruption as forcing the resignation and says he will run for mayor of Chicago on the socialist ticket in 1907. Mayor Dunne names Deputy Commissioner William OConnell as acting replacement.
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Chicago
Duane Friday
Joseph
Medill Patterson
Patterson
Socialist Party
Dunne
William O'Connell
Fire destroys Wheeler elevator on Buffalo River
The Wheeler elevator in Buffalo was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The loss to the building and its contents is estimated at 175,000 dollars. Dozens of lake vessels lined up along the riverfront remained unscathed, docked in their berths.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Wheeler Elevator
Buffalo River
Would Raise President's Pay Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Galinger introduces a general salaries bill to take effect March 4, 1911. It proposes president 75000 dollars, vice president 15000, speaker of the House 12000, cabinet members 15000, and senators and representatives 7500.
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Washington
Galinger
House of Representatives
Representatives
Office Building Burned in Portsmouth Va Amid Fire
A Portsmouth Virginia blaze destroyed an office building prompting rescue efforts. Fire crews battled flames as smoke rose over the city. No injuries reported at this time. Authorities investigate the cause and assess damages for the property owner.
Prize Fighter Killed in San Francisco Ring
Prize fighter Harry Tenny died Thursday morning from injuries suffered in a bantamweight championship bout against Frankie Nell Wednesday night at Mechanics' Pavilion.
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San Francisco
Harry Tenny
Bantama
Frankie Nell
Mechanics
Prediction of Congress Adjournment By End Of Week
Washington dispatch reports a favorable outlook that Congress will adjourn by week’s end. Analysts cite legislative progress and expected passage of essential measures as factors supporting the timetable.
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Washington
Congress
Noted Scientist Langley Dies in South
Washington report says Prof. Samuel P Langley died at Aiken South Carolina after a stroke on November 22 which left him with paralysis on his right side. Langley aged years spent his life in scientific work primarily as an astronomer though he was a civil engineer and architect by training.
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Washington
Samuel P. Langley
Aiken
S. C
Langley
Pardoned by the Czar
A brief notice reports a pardon issued by the Czar, releasing a subject from legal penalties. No further details on date, jurisdiction, or the case are provided in the readable text.
Operators to Meet Over Miners Wage Dispute
Pittsburg committee members representing four bituminous coal states gathered after a Roosevelt letter urged another settlement effort. Chairman F L Robbins convened the meeting to consider a second proposal to meet with miners. A general conference of Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois operators was set for Indianapolis on March 19 with no action yet toward a settlement.
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Pittsburg
F. L. Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Robbins
Roosevelt
National Civic Federation
Pennsylvania
Qghio
Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis
Shortage Made Good in Indiana State Funds Recovery
The court approved John E. Reed as receiver for David E. Sherrick's securities. $29,078.21 was paid into the state treasury by ex Gov. Durbin after Reed reported $178,661.19 in securities, $97,446.63 realized, leaving a balance of $25,078.21 turned over to the state. Reed refused a fee and was discharged while Sherrick faces embezzlement charges in criminal court Monday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John E. Reed
David E. Sherrick
Allen
Treasury
Durbin
Sherrick
Criminal Court
Reed
Gavg
Criminal
Longworths Return to Washington After Cuba Trip
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth return to Washington from Cuba after their wedding. They traveled in a private car attached to a Southern railway train, arriving at 9 50 this morning and were welcomed by Longworth’s private secretary before moving to their Eighteenth street home. Longworth will resume his legislative duties at the capitol.
Indictments Over St Paul Execution Publication
Grand jury in Ramsey County returned bills against the St Paul Dispatch St Paul Daily News and St Paul Pioneer Press for violating laws against publishing more than a bare notice of a legal execution. The indictments stem from the hanging of William Williams in St Paul on February 13.
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St Paul
Minn
Ramser
St. Paul Dispatch
St. Paul
Indiana Stone District Faces General Strike
Bedford reports possible statewide action as Indiana stone cutters and mill men threaten a general strike after wage talks failed. Operators refuse raises, plan to replace workers with nonunion hires, but those brought in were urged to join the union or leave the area.
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Bedford
Indiana
Bradley & Sons
Narrow Escape During Ghost Prank Shooting
Noblesville James Parks narrowly avoided fatal injuries when a stunt playing ghost frightened his friend Harry Simmerman. The coffin lid moved twice prompting Simmerman to fire both barrels, but Parks sprang out, pleading for mercy as the coffin’s sides bore shotgun pellets and Parks escaped unharmed.
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Noblesville
James Peaks
Harry Simmerman
Parks
Simmerman
Shiveley Considers Attorney General Run
Charles E. Shiveley returned from Cuba where he served as supreme chancellor of the K of P. He is in improved health and indicated he is weighing a run for attorney general at the state convention, though no definite statement was made.
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Shiveley
Richmond
Charles E. Shiveley
Cuba
K. of P
R Publican
Terminal Suit Up in Indiana Indianapolis
A bill of complaint filed in federal court by United States Trust Company of New York and John A. Stewart as trustees seeks foreclosure on property mortgaged by the Chicago Terminal Transfer company to the trustees. The bond issue was $16,500,000 and dates to 1897, with Chicago Transfer Railroad Company and others named in the suit.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
United States Trust Company
New York
John A. Stewart
Chicago Transfer Railroad Company
Chicago Terminal Transfer Company
Farmer Fends Off Two Highwaymen in Twin Encounters
Shelbyville Sherman Havens, a farmer, was attacked by two highwaymen while driving home. He used his whip to escape unharmed and struck one robber with the butt. Back at his barn he faced a second attack, again repelling the assailants and reaching his home.
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Shelbyville
Sherman Havens
Sad Fate of Two Sisters in Gasoline Can Explosion
Beatrice Osborn aged five and Lizzie Osborn aged seven were fatally burned when a gasoline can exploded while the sisters played with it. Their father is a coal miner. he was at work and their mother was shopping in Terre Haute at the time of the tragedy.
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Burmwett
Beatrice Osborn
Lizzie Osborn
Jin Terre ‘Haute
Steeple Jack Jailed for Looting Hammond Home
J. D. Norris of Liverpool known as Steeple Jack was arrested in Hammond for looting Mrs. A. L. Johns home of jewelry valued at $2000. Norris confessed and said a Chicago saloon keeper obtained the jewelry for $29.
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Laporte
J. D. Norris
Liverpool
England
A. L. Johns
Hammond
Norris
Chicago
Cloudburst Floods Hit Rockport Area Causing Wide Damage
A cloudburst between here and Chrisney floods hundreds of acres and causes extensive damage. Water on both sides of the Southern railroad reaches a mile wide with numerous washouts reported.
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Rockport
Here
Chrisney
Southern Railroad
Fares Corn and May Die Kishawaka
Miss Gladys Zeedecker about to graduate from high school is in critical condition with blood poisoning from a corn injury.
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Kishawaka
Gladys Zeedecker
Case Is Up Again Bedford Schafer Case Returns
The grand jury reconvenes at the request of Prosecutor Fletcher under Judge Wilson's authority to reexamine the Schafer case.
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Bedford
Fletcher
Wilson
Balance of Sherrick funds paid to state treasury
The balance of 29078.21 dollars due the state from David E. Sherrick was paid into the treasury by ex-Governor Durbin after Judge Allen approved Receiver John E. Reed's report. Reed's records show securities with face value 178661.19 yielded 97446.65, leaving 29078.21 to the state. Reed refused any fee and was discharged. Sherrick faces criminal court charges of embezzlement.
Smallpox Epidemic Found in Michigan City
Michigan City health board reports 20 smallpox cases, mainly children from one school. The school is closed and exposed students are vaccinated. City council met Monday to plan response.
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Michigan City Health Board
Michigan City
City Board of Health
Women in Prayer Crusade in Laporte
Several hundred women from Protestant missionary societies in Laporte pledge daily prayer to push officials toward enforcing laws. The crusade aims to spark a citywide reform wave and draws notable attention.
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Women In Prayer Crusade
Laporte
Indiana adopts Big Nine football plan with two reservations
Bloomington reports the University of Indiana faculty will adopt the Big Nine football recommendations with two minor caveats. First year student conditions apply to sophomores, and Coach Sheldon may return only if he releases the athletic association from a contract.
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Indiana
Bloomington
University of Indiana
Sheldon
Athletic Association
Suit to contest deed to Nancy Wanks Memorial in Spencer County
Spencer county officials prepared to authorize the county attorney to sue the Nancy Wanks Memorial association at the next county commissioners meeting. The aim is to set aside the deed transferring 16 acres in Spencer county, some of which rests on the grave of Abraham Lincoln's mother.
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Evansville
Spencer County
Nancy Wanks
Church Conference Abandoned in Washington Plan
Timothy Nicholson of Richmond and clerk of the Indiana yearly meeting of Friends said the proposed conference of delegates from all evangelical denominations in Washington in March to discuss united temperance work has been abandoned.
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Richmond
Timothy Nicholson
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Washington
United Work
Majors Declines Congressional Candidacy Rumor
Indiana novelist Richmond Charles Majors author of When Knighthood Was in Flower is discussed as a potential Democratic candidate in the Sixth district against James E. Watson. Majors telegraphs from Richmond stating he would not accept any office or nomination.
Cromer Refuses Primary Assessment Payment
Indianapolis congressman George W W Cromer and candidate for renomination refused to pay the district committee assessment for primaries and filed a formal protest with the Republican state central committee chairman.
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Indianapolis
George W W. Cromer
Republican State Central Committee
Alleged Murderer Caught in Bloomfield
Lemuel Hill of Evansville Indiana was arrested in Bloomfield accused of murdering John Hill.
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Bloomfield
Lemuel Hill
Evansville
Ind
John Hill
Happenings in Brief in Various Cities
Petersburg Frank Ely son of Judge Ely elected chairman of the county Democratic central committee with Stanley Krieg as vice chairman and John Chappell as treasurer. Seymour Democrats of Jackson county set April 6 as primary election date. Cambridge City Charles Wheeler a shoe dealer severely burned in a powder explosion. Shelbyville Mrs Burkhart bride of six weeks committed suicide over suspected marital trouble. Evansville Frank Spangler fired several shots at his father in law in a family dispute in Emer son. Seebrellie Rev William OB.
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Petersburg
Frank Ely
Judge Ely
Democratic Central Committee
Stanley Krieg
John Chappell
Seymour
Jackson County
Cambridge City
Charles Wheeler
Shelbyville
Mrze. Burkhart
Evansville
Frank Spangler
Ehots - Sat- Emerson
Balsdon
Seebrellie
William “J. OB
Atlantic Baltic fishing disaster leaves 650 adrift on ice
In the Gulf of Finland a vast ice field split during a storm trapping 650 fishermen and family members aboard a drifting floe. Two fast cruisers and torpedo boats were sent from Kronstadt to search and aid the survivors while 350 others reached shore, with several children dead from the cold.
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St. Petersburg
Kronstadt
Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland
Fredericksham
Consulate Swept Away by Tahiti Cyclone
The French Oceanica cyclone on February 7 and 8 devastated Tahiti with Papeete badly damaged. The American consul at Tahiti reported a destroyed consulate on February 8, with records saved and library and forms lost. Estimated damage in French Oceania placed at $2,000,000.
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Paris
Tahiti
Papeete
Washington
Sez Islands
State Department
W. F. Doty
Society Islands
San Francisco
Oceania
Prairie fires devastate Texas Panhandle region
Information reports prairie fires sweeping extreme western Texas Panhandle for three days causing losses exceeding 1 million dollars. Lamb and Rockley counties suffer the most with vast land burned and hundreds of cattle killed or driven out. Cattlemen plan moving herds to New Mexico as spring grass won’t be available for six weeks. About 500000 acres burned.
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Austin
Tex
Panhandle
Lamb
Rockley
Mexico
Specki on pate t bassador
Germany figure Specki faces questions about a diplomat role amid fragmented notes. The garbled text mentions a seven and a doorway, suggesting an uncertain reference to a past event in a historical newspaper fragment.
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John R. Walsh
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Portsmouth
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the Czar
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Charies
Bricken
News OF Indiana
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Von
Sternbarg
Specki
Germany
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