Great Flood Wrecks Oklahoma Railways Sinking Towns
Heavy rains and floods devastate southern Oklahoma with widespread crop loss and property damage. More than five hundred houses submerged in Guthrie and Davenport, multiple railroad bridges washed away, tracks damaged across major lines, and hundreds of people left homeless. Authorities report several fatalities and ongoing relief operations.
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Oklahoma
William T. Lindley
Anadarko
Tompkina Cheek
Shawnee
Wichita Falls
Northwestern
Oklahoma Central
West Guthrie
Hindreda
True Bills Against Lamphere Charged With Arson and Murders
The Laporte grand jury indicted Ray Lamphere for arson and five murders and as an accessory in the Helgenein murder. Mrs Gunness was indicted as principal in the Helgenein case though declared dead by the coroner. The arson charge alleges Lamphere set fire to Belle Gunness’s dwelling leading to the discovery of a human skull.
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Helgelein
Ray Lamphere
Laporte Grand Jury
Mack
Lamphere
Gunnese
Bar of Justice
Belle Gunness
Record Flood Ravages Dallas Fort Worth Area
The Trinity River burst its banks in Dallas causing over a million dollars in property loss and 4000 people displaced. The 1866 flood record was surpassed by 52 feet as the river swamped the region. Ten men fell from a trestle into the water. seven were saved, three bodies unaccounted for. Fort Worth reported ten deaths and about 11 million dollars in damage, with 5000 residents uprooted and possessions washed away.
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Trinity River
Dallas
Fort Worth
Dense Fog Causes Ship Collision and Panic in New York Harbor
Dense fog along the eastern seaboard drives two coastwise steamers off course near Jersey, triggers a mid river collision in New York Harbor, and sends over three hundred passengers into a panic aboard the Brennan. The Maraval strikes the Brennan, tearing a rent near the waterline, but no water ingress is found and passengers are later landed at the Battery after the ships part.
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Foga
Seminole
Jersey
Sandy Hook
Department of Charities
Thomas
Brennan
Lowell
New Hrighton
Omaha Road Fined in Grain Rebate Case Appeal
The circuit court of appeals affirms the conviction and fines against the Omaha railroad and its general freight agent HH Pearce in the Minneapolis grain rebate cases. The railroad faces a $20,000 penalty and Pearce $2,000 as the government’s contentions are upheld.
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Omaha Road
Circuit Court of Appeals
Omaha Railroad
HH. Pearce
Minneapolis
Wealthy St. Louis Merchant Killed by Lightning
Wealthy St. Louis merchant and Glen Echo Golf Club member Mr. Howard was struck and killed during a heavy electrical storm while seeking shelter under a tree. Lightning hurled from the sky during the rain, killing him instantly as he played golf.
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St. Louis
Bobt
W. P. Howard
Hele Oing
Howard
Glen Echo Golf Club
Six Murders Charged Against James Brimmingstall
James Brimmingstall was arrested in Dowaglac Michigan on six murder counts. Police say he confessed to two additional killings and to a plan to murder his wife who escaped and notified authorities. Authorities link him to deaths in Indiana Kansas Arizona Missouri and Mindouri across several decades.
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James Drimmingstall
Dowaglac
Mich
Brimmingstall
David Huff
South Bend
Ind
Kansas
Bresnahan
West
O'Brien
Arizona
Missouri Southern Railroad
Jones
Mindouri
Plot to Sell Fort Niobrara Land Exposed in Fraud
Four real estate dealers Edward F. Kesler George T. Voorhees James N. Newby and Perry F. Carr were arrested in Indianapolis on charges of using mails to defraud by selling Fort Niobrara Neb lands with false deeds and mythical names. Some tracts reportedly sold twice and owners claimed Ke Hastings Reid and Thomas L. Thomas as fictitious Iowa residents. A separate dispatch reports Ville de Bruges sinking after a tornado off West Africa with six Europeans and forty eight Africans drowned.
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United States Military Reservation
Fort Niobrara
Neb
Indianapolis
Ind
Edward F. Kesler
George T. Voorhees
James N. Newby
Perry F. Carr
Nebraska
C. Hastings Reid
Polk County
Iowa
Thomas L. Thomas
Volk County
Africa
Ville de Bruges
Upper
Congo
Congress Passes Publicity Bill With Southern Representation Cut
The House approved a campaign contribution publicity bill 160 to 125 with an amendment reducing representation for southern states. Democrats opposed the measure citing the targeted redistribution as unjust while Republicans defended the public disclosure aim amid broader labor and tariff debates.
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House
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Committee On Finance
Committee On Ways and Means
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Post Office
Priest Fatally Wounded in Church Stabbing at Salisbury
Father Luteley of St Joseph's Catholic Church Salisbury was stabbed twice after high mass by Joseph Schuette a farmer believed demented. The assailant overpowered by worshipers and jailed. Mrs Barbara Ginter and John Gates injured in the struggle.
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Father Luteley
Salisbury
Joseph F. Luteley
St. Joseph's Catholic Chrch
Joseph Schuette
Lubeley
Schuette
Barbara Ginter
John Gates
Father Lubeley
Wilson Confers With Meat Inspectors in Chicago
Secretary Wilson arrived in Chicago to open a three day conference on education and instruction for enforcing the new meat inspection laws. He said the meeting aims to educate middle west inspectors on law requirements to secure stricter enforcement with over 100 inspectors expected.
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Wilson
Chicago
Middle West
Thaw Insanity Keeps Him in Lunatic Asylum
Justice Morschauser upholds Thaw's stay in the asylum denying habeas corpus relief. He rules Thaw is insane and should not be released, confirming the prior commitment as legal. Thaw's statement accuses press bias and cites courtroom discomfort as factors in his defense.
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Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
TRY TO ROB BANK MESSENGERS IN NEW YORK HEIST
In a crowded New York neighborhood three assailants tried to seize 43000 in cash from bank messengers driving to the main building. Pepper, a blackjack blow, and a knife attack failed as a Polish waitress blocked the leader. two policemen then captured Casimo Riccobona after his fall.
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New York City
Casimo Riccobona
Miners Sign Two Year Working Scale In Kansas City
The southwestern coal miners and operators signed a two year working scale in Kansas City governing mine conditions. The agreement mirrors last year and will return about 36,000 miners in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas to work. Many miners planned to resume work today as the dispute nears closure.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Olahoma
Arkansas
Bankers To Meet In Denver In September
The American Bankers Association plans a Denver gathering starting the week of September 27. Secretary Frederick C Farnsworth of New York announced the date after a conference with Denver Convention league officers.
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Denver
American Bankers’ Association
Frederick Co. Farnsworth
New York
Denver Convention League
Editor Indicted for Robbery in Oklahoma Case
Fred Tracy editor of the Beaver Herald and a prominent Oklahoma politician was indicted by the federal grand jury for robbing Beaver City’s post office. The post office safe was blown open with dynamite in Tracy's store.
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Fred Tracy
Beaver Herald
Oklahoma
Beaver City
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