Nueces on a Boom Leaves Several Dead in Texas Floods
A cloudburst in the Nueces and Uvalde valleys floods ranches below San Antonio. The Nueces rises twenty five feet in two hours, cutting telegraphic lines and threatening bridges. An English sheepman Ethebert MacDonald and Mexican shepherds die on a Brackettville area ranch. Italian nomads drown in the flood.
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San Antonio
Texas
Nuecon River
Nueces
Uvalde
Sycamore
Ethebert MacDonald
Brackettville
Rise in the Brazos Flood Prompts Evacuations in Waco
Heavy rains on the upper Brazos caused a fifteen foot rise in the river at Waco. By 5 PM the flood threat eased but residents in East Waco moved out fearing overflow from today’s additional rain. Osco and nearby counties saw rain. Texas Central lost its bridge across Deep Creek north of Cisco, delaying the Stamford northbound train.
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Waco
Texas
Brazos
Osco
Texas Central
Deep Creek
Cisco
Stamford
Mille Will Resume
Birmingham residents welcomed news that a conference committee reached an agreement between the Amalgamated Association of tram Steel and Tin Workers and iron and steel operators in Cincinnati. The deal, affecting 100 to 2000 workers near Republic Iron and Steel mills, was announced as workers gathered at the Age-Herald office.
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Birmingham
Ala
Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Iron and Steel
Cincinnati
Amalgamated Association
Age-Hoerald
Focal Mills
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Protests Over Shanghai Appointments Stir Officials
Foreign operals report that Prince Tuan may join the grand council and King Yi named deputy provincial judge in Shanghai. Officials abroad protest to the Yangtze viceroys against these appointments.
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Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Grand Council
Motal
Boxer
King Yi
Epidemics of self destruction sweep New York city
New York reports a wave of suicides and failed attempts with several victims including Magnus Swenzin, George Burch, Jno Meyer, James Campbell, Edward Schwarzwald, Mary Crane, Kilmer Bates, and others. Details describe methods and motives, with victims from Detroit to Porto Rico noted.
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New York
Magnus Swenzin
North River
George Burch
Tompkins Square Park
Jno.Meyer
Third Avenue
James Campbells
Central Park
Edward Schwarzwald
Detroit
Chicago
Porto Rico
Moerdn
Mary Crane
Kilmer Bates
Jersey City
Miners Shootdown in Shenandoah Strikes Two Dead
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a sheriff posse opened fire on rioters near the Indian Ridge colliery killing two and wounding seven. Sheriff Toole and deputies faced a hostile crowd as rioters armed with sticks stones and bricks gathered. The state militia was dispatched and troops were mobilized after midnight to restore order.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill County
State National Guard
Shenandoah
Gobin
Toole
O'Donnell
Brennemen
Indian Ridge
Reading Company
East Center Street
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ferguson House
Sheriff Toole
Harrisburg
Mike Yuckavage
Edward Coyle
Michael Scanlan
Anthony Skarnitske
John Wusdickey
Peter Stalmacovich
Mike Saziska
Anthony Axalugee
Geo. Redding
Rington
Robert Edwards
Charles Rowland
Four Negroes Lynched in Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana
Four black men were hanged at Ponchatoula after being accused of burglarizing Henry Hatfelder near the Illinois Central depot. Names are Isah Rollins 18 Charlie Elliot 20 George Bickham 22 Nathaniel Bowman 47. A vigilance committee acted on the reported robbery of Hatfelder totaling 250 dollars.
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Ponchatoula
Henry Hatfelder
Ilinois Central Depot
Tangipaho Parish
Isah Rollins
Charlie Elliot
George Bickham
Nathaniel Bowman
Hatfelder
Disorder near Canton France seeks larger force to quell unrest
The French consul at Canton reports on September 20 that disorders have erupted at Sun Tai near Canton. Several villages are destroyed and others besieged. Missionaries escaped. Initial viceroy troops failed to control the disorder, prompting foreign consuls to request a stronger force. The French chancellery and gunboat Avalanche will join the relief column.
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Paris
Canton
Sun Tai
Girl Burned to Death in Kerosene Explosion
Ardmore I T September 22 A fatal kerosene explosion at McMillan fifteen miles east of Ardmore destroyed a house and contents. Indian girl Miss Pickens, staying with her brother in law Charles Burns, was lighting a fire when the kerosene can exploded and she perished.
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Ardmore
I. T
McMillan
Here
Charles Burns
Miss Pickens
Witty maxims and social vexations in Chicago News
A collage of pointed quips covers marriage, status, work, and society with sharp insights and jabs at pretension. The Chicago News voices skepticism about happiness, civility, and money as it mocks poetic pretensions and public propriety.
Andrews Installed as Nebraska Chancellor
Personal notes report Dr E Benjamin Andrews was installed as chancellor of the University of Nebraska on September 22. Also noted is Archibald Forbes widow planning his biography with a literary friend. Simon Newcomb receives honorary degree from an Austrian university. only two current U.S. Army generals with West Point backgrounds are Ludlow and J M Wilson.
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E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Archibald Forbes
Simon Newcomb
United States Army
Ludlow
J. M. Wilson
West Point
Royal and Academic Movements Mentioned in Europe and America
The report notes Count Waldersee’s China salary capped at 2000 marks monthly with 10000 marks for expenses. Queen Victoria may visit Empress Frederick in October and Coburg on the continent. F A Hosmer, longtime president of Oahu College, returns to the U S and will head to Europe. A Lincoln Hyde urges a weights and measures system for English speakers based on a fundamental unit. Fans fund a Sienkiewicz homestead for his jubilee next November.
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A. Lincoln Hyde
Sienkiewicz
Stage Personalities Make Various Casting and Production Moves
Daniel Frohman hires Cissy Loftus for Daly's company. Kyrle Bellew to have a theater built by London admirers. Seymour Hicks adapts Dutton Payne novel Mistress Penwick. Julia Arthur will not act next season. Hamilton Reville leaves Olga Nethersole's company. William H. Crane to present David Harum at Garrick New York. Max Beerbohm backs 7 PM first nights for critics. Edmund Collier to play Jagou in The Strangler's Daughter. Efe Elisler to play Barbara Frietchie. Maude Adams shines as Dot Bradbury in A Midnight Bell. Robert Taber to impersonate Cassius in Julius Caesar.
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Daniel Frohman
Cissy Loftus
Daly
Kyrle Bellew
London
Seymour Hicks
Dutton Payne
Penwick
Julia Arthur
Hamilton Reville
Olga Nethersole
William H. Crane
David Harum
Garrick Theater
New York
Max Beerbohm
Robert Taber
America
Cassius
Tree
Julius Caesar
Afterthoughts on Greatness and Perspective
The passage argues that personal greatness depends on viewpoint and circumstance. It asserts that hard work alone does not determine strain or value, and that honesty affects employment, necessity drives invention, and comfort limits intellectual shine.
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