Mississippi Flood Splits Towns as Levees Fail in Arkansas
Memphis Tenn March 15 The Mississippi River exceeds all weather bureau highs in 25 years with Sunday rise about six inches. Private levees around plantations give way while government walls hold. Two Arkansas towns across from Memphis Marion and West Memphis submerged three to four feet. 3,000 bales of cotton moved from bayou during rising flood. Armed guards patrol levees ready to fire if breaches occur.
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Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Bluff City
Arkansas
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Marion
West Memphis
Land King Dies Wealthy Rancher Drury of Vast Acres
William Drury, famed millionaire landowner with hundreds of thousands of acres in Colorado, Nebraska, Texas and Kansas and 6,000 acres in this county, died at his country home north of Keithsburg aged 87. He came to the country in 1831 and built a vast farm empire through yearly acquisitions.
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Keithsburg
Til
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Kansas
Drury
Hopeful Features Dot Lanting improvement in trade
R G Dun & Co reports a slow but steady improvement in productive industries and legitimate business. The weekly trade review notes no lasting sharp upturn yet and highlights favorable money markets for industrial recovery. Clearings are down 1.8 percent from last year with 266 U S failures last week vs 200 a year ago and 60 in Canada vs 60.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Not Quite So Bad Dispatches From Hazelton Wreck
A crash on the Byapsville and Terre Haute road near Hazelton Indiana involved the Chicago and Nashville Limited. Initial reports claimed six or more dead, but four lives are confirmed: Herbert Allen Direman Joseph Loleman and Conductor George A. Sears. An unknown man and Mr and Mrs F M Winney lost a trunk with diamonds and relics valued at 9000 dollars.
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Hazelton
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Princeton
Byapsville
Terre Haute
Chicago and Nashville Limited
Vlerbert Allen
Direman
Joseph Loleman
George A. Sears
F. M. Winney
Milwaukee
Georgia
Europe
Weyler's Big Budget Deficit in Cuba Crisis
Havana reports Captain General Weyler has sent the public budget bill to Spain for approval. The total public outlay reaches 93 million plus a 36 million budget, while expected income is only about 14 million for the new fiscal year. The looming deficit could hit 100 million, prompting Madrid to impose new taxes or another loan. Cuba faces a 40 percent rise in tax and real estate taxes to cover the shortfall.
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Havana
Weyler
Spain
Madrid Cortes
Cuba
Three Executions and Other News From March 13
Reports from Sing Sing and Dorchester detail the execution of Arthur Mayhew for the murder of Stephan Powell, and George Matthews for another murder in August. John B. Sullivan was hanged in Dorchester for the Meadow Brook killings. Also noted are Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher’s funeral at Plymouth Church and Cuba’s cabinet debate on neutrality, plus Constantinople’s note that ironclads may be bought from the United States.
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Sing Sing
Arthur Mayhew
Stephan Powell
Hempstead
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la Plata
George Matthews
James J. Irwin
Allen's
Dorchester
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John
Sullivan
Eliza Dutcher
Meadow Brook
Kunernul
Ueeecher
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Lyman Abbott
Mr. Beecher
Greenwood Cemetery
Cuba
Washington
Constantinople
United States
Music A La Golf at St James Halls
A London concert report blends golf jargon with classical music critique. Dr Joachim, Mr Gibson, Signor Pintelli and Signor Piatti compete in a playful review of the St James Hall performance, with runs of measurements, phrasing and technique likened to golf shots and greens.
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London
St. James’ Halls
St. James
Dr. Joachim
Platts
Mr. Gibson
Ries
Signor Pinttl
Signor Piatti
Man of Conscience Refuses Power of Attorney Over Estate
A New York Sun report recounts a New Jersey observer meeting a grave business heir who declines to sign a power of attorney. He cites religious beliefs and a life free from mortal sin, fearing any act done in his name could condemn him regardless of forgiveness.
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New York Sun
New York
Phen
Chicago
Utne
Perkins
Masonic Temple
Head of the tarpon family captor tale in gulf of mexico
A Sportsmen's Review writer recounts landing a large tarpon off the Gulf of Mexico. After a long 50 minute fight the fish exhausted, the scene drew around 12 to 15 tarpons leaping in formation behind the boat as if to rescue their kin, the guide joking that the captured tarpon was the head of the family.
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Gulf of Mexico
Davie
Maine Forests and game abundance cited by eastern paper
An eastern paper reports Maine’s forests grow as fast as lumbermen cut them and a strong deer, caribou, moose, and bear hunt takes place. About 50,000 outsiders hunted Maine since September 15 with 800 caribou, 1,000 moose, and 18,000 deer. Also noted are 100 bears, 150 bobcats and other wildlife, prompting calls for tougher laws.
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Maine
Battle of germs hints at vaccine interaction
A physician reports two children treated for fever after vaccination both developed diphtheria but recovered quickly. Dr J I Woolsey suggests a clash between the vaccine and diphtheria toxins, with vaccine opposition weakening the diphtheria. He cautions uncertainty but notes scientific interest and potential for further study.
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Bao Keancince
J. IL Woolsey
San Francisco
Woolsey
Crystpelas
Sunburn in Freezing Weather from Arctic Voyage
The piece recounts Lieut Commander De Long's 1870s voyage of the Jeanette, noting sunburn despite freezing air. Diary entries describe blazing heat at 83 degrees in the sun with thermometer near 80s, while wearing shirtsleeves, followed by persistent sweating and swollen skin. The crew sought shade for smoke and rest, even at night inside tents on ice.
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Jeraeyman
Ba Long
Arctic
de Long
Absurd errors in Shakespeare and Coleridge noted
The article argues that Shakespeare’s references include far fetched anachronisms such as Cate in Coriolanus and a clock in Julius Caesar. It singles out Coleridge for an astronomical error in the Ancient Mariner and mocks the idea of a horned moon with a bright star. It blames chronology chaos of early modern criticism and calls out educated writers for basic astronomical ignorance.
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Shakespeare
Cate
Cato
Julius Caesar
Coleridge
Police Linguist: Kobe Officers Learn Many Languages
Japanese police in Kobe to expand language training as Kanagawa governor plans a police training school. Inspectors and patrolmen to learn English French German Russian Chinese Korean and Jujitsu with the chief inspector as school head. Pamphlets titled Police Conversation Book to be distributed to officers within and beyond Kobe.
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Japan
Kobe
Kanagawa
Ken
Largest Fire Engines in Liverpool Hold World Speed Record
Two vast Liverpool fire engines claim the title of largest in the world. They discharge 1800 gallons of water per minute and propel a jet 140 feet high. The water’s force was once described as able to kill at 350 feet. A note on Roman buckles: ancient belts used buckles with tongues passing through holes, and in Charles Tudor times buckles replaced shoestrings becoming fashionable in large sizes.
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Liverpool
Charles TH
England
L.L. May & CO
St Paul, Minn
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