Devastating Kansas City Rain Floods Widens Destruction
A severe storm drenched Kansas City and nearby areas with 5.93 inches in three and a half hours. Flooding swamped cemeteries and homes, unearthing graves at Elmwood, collapsing two unoccupied brick buildings, washing away lumber, and disrupting rail yards and packing plants. In Kansas City Kansas and Argentine and Amourdale, railroads, bridges, and defenses suffered damage. fires and rescues occurred as residents evacuated. St Joseph logged additional rain, breaking drought and washing out railroads and bridges while construction sites were damaged.
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Elmwood Cemetery
Kan
Amourdale
Argentine
Rock Island
Union Pacific
ST. Joseph St. Joseph
Lawy ers in Session at Cloudcroft
Special to The Evening Citizen Cloudcroft New Mexico August 23 the Territorial Bar association meets with record attendance. President W A Hakin s presides as Associate Justice Edward A Mann welcomes. Secretary R H Hania reports booming growth with over 60 percent membership rise. Governor Herbert J Hageman and ex Governor J Bradford Prince attend. Albuquerque delegates A B McMillen and W B Childers arrive. Dobson absent. Officers to be elected and business to conclude as the Ancient Mermen ian convention opens with a large turnout and two day meetings.
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Cloudcroft
N. M
Territorial Ber Association
W. A. Hakins
Edward A. Mann
Sixth Judicial A District
R. H. Hannia
Territory
Herbert J. Hagerman
Bar Association
J. Bradford Prince
Tuley
Chicago
New Mexico Association
A. B. McMillen
W. B. Childers
Albuquerque
Dobson
Alty
Horse Racing Outshines Revolution in Russia in Summer Fun
Special Correspondence from St. Petersburg reports horseracing thrives amid unrest. Moscow hosts twenty daily races with 3,000 fire horses quartered, and a 25,000 grand stand filled on Europe's finest grounds. Purse totals top 450000 dollars in Moscow and 60000 in St. Petersburg, with top American trainers and jockeys profiting from a distinctive money based handicap.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Bandera slain as insurgent band is routed in Havana
Havana reports General Bandera, a noted Black insurgent leader, was killed in an early morning clash with 100 rural guards after three days of pursuit. No captives, two followers shot. insurgents under Pino Guerrera seize San Juan de Martinez and occupy the town and railway station amid government cabinet resignations and shifting interior posts.
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Bandera
Com
Mander
Insurgenta
Cienfuegos
Las Lajas
Guztan
Secrejie
Andrade
San Juan
Pino Guerrera
San Juan de Martinez
Sallroca
Oyster Bay Scene 0 Conference With President
Brigadier General Bell and Gifford Pinchot visited President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to discuss the Brownsville incident and the forestry bureau matters. Bell noted the war department seeks the president's view before action. Pinchot discussed forestry. Also reports on Palace Hotel fire losses and joint statehood signals, plus a Chicago telephone workers strike and bakery sanitation concerns in Berlin.
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Pinchot
Washington
A Grewsome Find in the City Ditch
An oversized green centipede, over six inches long with numerous projections, was left at The Evening Citizen by city officials after capture along the acequia bank. It features a head, tail, two feelers, twenty joints and forty legs, with hornlike points that act as venom injectors.
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Acequia
Chy
Burton and Robinson Families Hold Annual Reunion in Warren
Warren Missouri August 23 The Blur ton and Robinson families are holding their annual reunion at Fair Oaks along the R T C street railway line. Attendance is large with leaders including President Charles Smith of Rock and First Vice President A Moore of Thomasto Vice Presidents Fred Hill Amelia Harriman Leander Robinson and Mansfeld Robinson among others.
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Burtons and Robinsons
Warren
Blurton
Pittsburg Tube Transmission Plan Seeks City Charter
Pittsburg promoter group led by C R Moore F J Rubly O B Hallam C C Peters and John J Fitzgerald applied to Governor Pennypacker for a charter to form the Pittsburg Tube Transmission company. Chicago and Pittsburg business leaders back the project to build and operate pneumatic tube lines linking freights depots department stores and newspaper offices with a first line from the east to downtown. The 50 inch diameter tube would carry large volumes and ease congestion in the business center, with bonds offered to prove feasibility and economy.
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Pittsburg
C. R. Moore
F. J. Rubly
O. BE. Hallam
C. C. Peters
John J. Fitzgerald
Tty
Tafoya Arrested in City of Raton
The United States fateball reports the arrest of Masitolinapy Tafoya in Raton yesterday on a charge of violating the Admins act. Deputy United States Marshes Coop or vei arrived with a warrant last night and Tafoya is expected to be brought to the city Saturday night.
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Fateball
Masitolinapy Tafoya
Raton
United Stats Marshes Coop
Vei
Tafoya
Brokerage offices close as losses loom for Sage & Co
New York and Jersey City patrons converge after Sage & Co suspends business, with ~25 000 accounts unsettled nationwide. Reports estimate losses could reach 40000000 dollars as creditors seek guidance on settlements. Also announced is a VerdI monument plan, awaiting October unveiling in New York.
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New York
M. J. Sage & Company
Jersey
Oaty
Felicitas Romero Dies After Prolonged Illness at Peralta
Felicitas Romero aged 60, a longtime Rio Grande Valley resident and widow of Pivcido Homero, died at her Peralta home after a yearlong illness due to Brights disease. She leaves Andreas Romero and Mrs. Jove Salazar of this city and Mrs. J. M. Lana of Son Lucon as children. Funeral services by O. W. Strong’s Bows will be held at her home Saturday morning. Pallbearers named Bolesio Romero Jesus F. Sanches Jesus Salazar Meliton Dier P. Sanchez Jose B. Chaves. Interment at Tome cemetery.
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Rio Grande Valley
Peralta
Bright
Pivcido
Homero
Rio Grande
Andreas Romero
Jove Salazar
J. M. Lana
Lucon
O. W. Strong
Ity
Bolesio Romero
Jesus
F. Sanches
Jesus Salazar
Meliton Dier
P. Sanchez
Jose B. Chaves
Tome
Seneca Falls Declares Old Home Week Parade Day
Seneca Falls N Y marks Old Home Week with UK events as Seneca Mulla Day draws thousands to a big parade and related celebrations. Visitors flock to town to participate in the parade and festivities amid the celebratory mood.
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Seneca Palle
N.Y
Miss Leighton to Receive Benefit at Casino
The Lyllian Leighton Stock company has closed its engagement at the Casino but the venue remains open for buffets and free band concerts until the fair. A Sunday benefit will honor Miss Leighton, who is ill, with volunteers providing services if she can attend. The event aims to help her recover losses from a failing season and attract a large audience.
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Miss Leighton
Gil
Oslion
Denver
Bryan Invited to Debate Socialism in Cincinnati
Cincinnati on August 23 received a formal invitation for William J. Bryan to debate September 9 on socialism with a representative socialist. The call came from Nicholas Klein, state secretary of the socialist party, in New York after Bryan's remarks abroad.
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Cincinnati
William J. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Nicholas Klein
Hoteh kinfolk gather for twenty sixth reunion at Lake Compounce
About two hundred members of the Hoteh kins family attend the twenty sixth annual reunion at Lake Compounce Hartford Conn Charles Yale of Meriden oldest descendant present aged ninety nine from St Louis Wool Market report notes wool steady in St Louis Aug 23
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Conn
Hotehkins
Lake Compounce
Hitehkins
Charles Yale
Meriden
St. Louis
Grand Juries Adjourn After Hearing Inquiries
Chicago heat wave continues with temperatures at 85 degrees by nine in the morning and two deaths reported before O o'clock. A pane factory blaze caused $65 000 in losses as thirteen firemen were overcome or injured by smoke or explosions. The standard oil investigation grand jury heard four witnesses and adjourned until Monday without indictments, while a second jury did the same after hearing the same witnesses. Nearby at Lordsburg, Chris Yeager reports activity in copper camps with two shifts planned at Comstock and output from North American and 85 mines. The Davis mine, five miles southwest of Lordsburg, prepares to start with $25,000 raised for improvements.
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Chicago
John Lucas
Standard Oil
Lordsburg
Chris Yeager
el Paso
Comstock
North American
Robert & Leahy
Superior
Io Sores
el Pageans
S.tare
Plans for a new dry dock at Bremerton Navy Yard
Washington Aug. 23 The Bureau of Yards and Docks is finalizing plans for the only dry dock authorized by Congress at the latest session to serve the Puget Sound navy yard. Drilling for the structure is under way at Bremerton, near the existing dock. The dock will be among the world’s largest, at 750 feet in length and 37 feet deep. Demand for its use by returning Pacific and Asiatic fleet vessels raises strong interest and may affect Mare Island and Vallejo yard work. The Bremerton dock promises a secure footing for the Puget Sound plant and a substantial boost to naval repair capacity.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Congress
Navy Yard
Puget Sound
Bremerton
Mare Island Navy Yard
Vallejo
New York Society Circus Opens At Van Nest Grounds
The Franklin Athletic Club presents its annual Society Circus on the club grounds at Van Nest this afternoon with three days of performances nightly in a big tent. The carnival features side shows freak tent dressing rooms stage and band stand plus ten professional acts per show. Also reported is the seventh annual St John Lockwood family reunion in Xenia Ohio with descendants gathering at the ancestral homestead southeast of town.
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New York
Society
Pranklin Athletic Club
van Nest
ST. John
Xenia
Xenis
John
Ann& Lockwood
Stanford University Neatly Repairs Earthquake Damage
Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto resumes repair work across departments after the earthquake damage, with progress noted as practical and steady though attendance runs smaller than in prior years. The brief mentions New York copper and quiet conditions on Aug 23.
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Leland Stanford Univety
Palo Alto
Calif
Leland Stanfant University
New York
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