Flood Devastates Georgia Towns and Rail Lines
A West Point flood leaves four dead and extensive property loss across Georgia and Alabama. River rose twenty five feet washing away bridges and culverts near Notasulga. trains derailed and waterlogged tracks stretch to Montgomery. West Point streets flooded, residents seek safety on upper levels as connections to Atlanta and New Orleans face delays.
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Georgia
Alabama
Atlanta
Montgomery
West Point
Western Railway
Constitution
West Poltit Sera
Western Railway of
Notasula
Engin B.thomas Russell
Cy Lee
Freman
Howpn
West Point Flood Drowns Three Men and Wrecks Town
Record of severe flooding at West Point Georgia from the Chattahoochee River. Three men drowned including George W. Calloway and H. B. Jones. one unidentified Black man survived. The town faced rising waters, washed bridges, and widespread property damage. Additional wrecks and a fatal railroad washout near Notasulga Alabama claimed engineer T. G. Russell, as rain battered the region.
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Feat Point
Chattahoochee
George W. Calloway
H.B. Jones
West Point
Russell
Montgomery
Ala
Montimery
Sithama
Louisville
Shine
Seaboard
Union Springs
T. G. Russell
Menaree
Ean
Esteak Pean
Cy Lee
Aigo
Chattahoochee Flood Wrecks Columbus Waterways
Heavy rains push the Chattahoochee river into Columbus causing the dam at North Highlands to fail. Water floods the Eagle and Phenix mills and electric plant, darkening the town as driftwood piles reach bridges and the river nears the Fourteenth Street span. The Weather Bureau warns of danger as the river rises.
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Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Columbus Wharf
Mammoth
Columbus Power Company
North Highlands
Fourteenth Street
Eagle and Phenix
Columbus Railroad Company
Weather Bureau
High Water Threatens Historic Pittsburg Bridge
Lancaster pa December 29 heavy rain swollen streams flood Conestoga creek washing away a bridge 75 years old built over the Conestoga river rising Susquehanna river area in darkness at Rock Hill plant of Lancaster Electric Light Company details ongoing flood danger and power outage in the city.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Electric Light Company
Rockhill
Conestoga
Susquehanna
Heavy Rainfall at Rome Caused Cotton Loss
Rome Ga December 29 Special A heavy rainfall has caused the eye to rise rapidly. About five inches of rain has fallen in the last three days. A gin house with thirty five bale of cotton was washed away on the Etowah river. The Western and Atlantic railroad track between here and Kingston is damaged.
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Rome
Etowah
Western and
Atlantic Railroad
Kingston
River Flood Swamps Chattahoochee Near Atlanta City
Heavy rains push the Chattahoochee to near record highs near Bolton and Atlanta. The river rose about 25 to 26 feet since Saturday, flooding adjacent fields and halting rail service on the Atlanta and West Point line, with trains diverted via Birmingham and Meridian to reach New Orleans beyond the flooded area.
Convict Plot Frustrated at Leavenworth Prison
Warden McClaughey of the U S penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, stopped a plotted mutiny by five convicts from November 7. The plan involved killing Deputy Warden Lemon and guard Brown, seizing the armory, and freeing prisoners. Gilbert Mullins led the ring. others named were Frank Thompson, Frederick Robinson, Bob Clark, and Turner Barnes. A fellow inmate overheard the plot and exposed it as they prepared to shave prisoners and remove shackles.
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Leavenworth
Kans
McClaughey
United States Penitentiary
Frank Lemon
R. G. Brown
Guarde
Gilbert Mullins
Sherrit
Cook
Topeka
Frank Thompson
Frederick Robinson
Bob Clark
Turner Barnes
Mullina
Senife
Thebauds Lose Jewelry In Madison Avenue Robbery
New York December 20 Mr and Mrs Paul G Thebaud of Madison Avenue were robbed of jewelry valued around 50000 including a pear shaped diamond about 20000 and a 44 grain pearl worth 16000. Police suspect a newly hired valet who vanished after driving to White Plains station with the Willetts rig.
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New York
Mrr
Paul G. Thebaud
Madison Avenue
The‘paud
Thebaud
Kern
Chilean Charge States No War Over Present Quarrel
Senor Infante in Washington says reports of a possible change to the protocol are unfounded and that Argentina has not demanded changes. He expects no war between Chile and Argentina, noting the dispute remains a matter of informal talks at Santiago.
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Senor Infante
Washington
Argentina
Santiago
Infante
Heath Expelled From Calvary Baptist Church
Rev J A Heath was deposed as minister and expelled from Calvary Baptist Church in Kansas City after a church meeting. The eight preacher council found him guilty on three charges related to an allegedly illegal New York divorce to marry a Kansas City woman, and the congregation unanimously adopted the report. Heath formerly led Castile NM church, where his wife and children now reside.
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Heath
Kansas City
J. A. Heath
Ilegally
New York
Calvary Baptist Church
Council of Eight Baptist
Tas
Baptist Edurch
Castile
Amd
Battle With The Robbers In Martins Ferry
Police in Martins Ferry Ohio report masked robbers entered the home of Thomas Yingling a butcher during the morning and forced him at gunpoint to surrender. A later gun battle led to two suspects captured after close range exchanges. the men identified themselves as James Elliot alias Taylor of Chicago and Harry Hoyt of Wheeling. Four other robbers escaped.
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Martins Ferry
Martins’ Ferry
Ohio
Thomas Yingling
James Elliot
Taylor
Chicago
Harry Hoyt
Wheeling
Waiting on Denmark to Act on Danish West Indies Sale
Washington reports no new developments in the proposed sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Negotiations have stalled as Denmark reportedly cannot decide to close the deal, with no communicated request for a plebiscite from Copenhagen to the state department.
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Washington
Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Copenhagen
State Department
Dr Curry to Represent U S at Madrid King’s Coming of Age
Washington announces Hon J L M Curry of this city has been chosen by the president to represent the United States at Madrid for the coming of age celebration of young King Alfonso XIII on May 17. Curry served as United States minister to Spain from 1886 to 1899 under Cleveland. He attended the royal court in official capacity at the king’s advent. Mrs Curry will accompany him.
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United States
Washington
J. L. M. .Curry
Madrid
Alfonso Mhi
Curry
Spain
Cleveland
Royal Commission to study Britain's coal resources
A royal commission has been appointed to inquire into Great Britain's coal resources. It will examine exhaustion rates, the impact of coal exports on home supply, potential cost reductions from cheaper transport, and the competitiveness of British mining abroad. Seventeen members include railway and coal industry leaders and engineer experts.
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Snondon
Great Britain
William L. Jackson
M.P
Great Northern Railway Company
Fire Department of Manila Reorganization Plan Considered
Ex Fire Chief Hugh J Bonner of New York says a plan to reorganize Manila s fire department on New York lines is under consideration by President Roosevelt and the War Department He discussed the matter in Washington last week and today affirmed the plan is being contemplated The report cites sources familiar with the discussions.
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Bonner
New York
Hugh J. Bonner
Roosevelt
War Department
British Liberated as Boers Release Prisoners
London dispatch from Lord Kitchener reports British prisoners captured during the December 24 Boer assault on Colonel Firman’s Zeerfontein camp have been liberated and returned to Bethlehem. The update confirms prisoners taken on Christmas Eve are free.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Firman
Zeefontein
Bethlehem
Jumping Liquor Dealer Survives Brooklyn Bridge Jump
John Pinover a young wholesale liquor dealer from Middletown New York leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge in the afternoon near the New York tower girders. A government tug retrieved him from the water and he was taken to a hospital where he lay unconscious for three hours.
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John Pinover
Brooklyn Bridge
New York
Middletown
N. Y
Pinover
New York Tower
Palestine Land Purchases Pledged by Zionist Congress in Basel
The Zionist congress in Basel resolves to create a £200,000 fund to buy land in Syria and Palestine. Collections will be organized worldwide to support the fund and establish national organizations to promote land purchases.
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Basle
Switzerland
Zionist Congress
Syria
Palestine
Congress
Compromise on Arbitration Disputed at Pan American Conference
In Mexico City December 29 delegates quarrel over compulsory arbitration. Some nations insist both The Hague plan and their own arbitration proposal be presented at the conference, otherwise they will not sign the Hague agreement. U S and other supporters aim to exclude compulsory arbitration from the proceeding, risking disharmony among pan American delegates.
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Mexico City
United States
Hague
Associated Press
Friends of the Hague
Postoffice Inspectors Aid Neely Prosecution
Post office Inspectors Holmes of Cincinnati and Fletcher of Indianapolis travel to Havana to witness for the government in the Neely case. The trial is set for January 4 and much evidence against Neely stems from the Cincinnati division, with about 152000 allegedly embezzled traced to a bank by the inspectors.
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Fletcher
Havana
Cincinnati
Ohio
Holmes
Indianapolis
Neely
Muncie
Ind
Holmes and Fletcher
Tragedy at gambling den leaves Saloon Keeper and boy dead
In Shawnee Oklahoma on December 29 Charles McKnight a faro dealer killed Willard Sims a saloon keeper and a bystander a boy named Hepstedter after quarreling at the gambling room. McKnight drew a revolver and fired after Sims threatened him.
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Faro Desler
Shawnee
Okla
Charles McKknight
Willard Sims
Hepstedter
McKnight
Sims
Hepsteter
Atlanta News Roundup and State Reports
Fair and colder Monday forecast. The 1902 city directory lists Atlanta population at 129,712. Chattahoochee River near Bolton runs high, danger level within 2 feet. Mayor Mims to respond to H. M. Atkinson statements. Plans for settling about 300 German families from Wisconsin in Georgia. The Battle sisters of Barnett Junction robbed of 8000 in gold yesterday morning. Robbers attacked with water and a lit lamp. Train wreck near Birmingham after Saturday storm. engineer Russell injured. Columbus property at risk. West Point lives lost. Rev. N Z Glenn, brother of state School Commissioner G R Glenn, dies in Eatonton. Senate action on Virgin ia Carolina Chemical Company as a trust. Uriah Porter still at large. possible riots feared. Nelle Cropsey funeral in Elizabeth City. Clergy urge restraint after Wilcox case. Foraker denies disparaging Hanna to the President. Railroad collision in Mattoon, Illinois. Pinov er, a New York liquor dealer, leaps from Brooklyn Bridge. Postoffice inspectors depart for Havana to testify in embezzlement case. Rev J A Heath expelled for divorce scandal. Insurgent officers surrender to Americans. Chinese ministers in Pekin delay dinner invitation. Zionist conference aims to raise funds for river project and Palestine plea.
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West Point
LaGrange
Hoganeville
Montgomery
New Orleans
Birmingham
Alabama Great Southern
Meridian
Miss
Washington
Louisville
Nashville
Bolton
Chattahoochee
Collins Bridge
Mims
H. M. Atkinson
Georgia
Wisconsin
Misses Battle
Barnett Junction
Western Railway of Alabama
Russell
Columbus
Tost
N Z Glenn
G. R. Glenn
Eatonton
Southern
Birmingham Earl
Antene Ne
Porter
Nelle Cropsey
Elizabeth City
N. C
Wilcox
Foraker
Hanna
Matta
Ilis
Ohio Senate Fight Bubbles Into Nationwide GOP Clashes
In Columbus and Cincinnati the Ohio legislature fight between Foraker and Hanna affiliates widens. GOP leaders including Foraker and Cox deny claims of a president rebuke while Hanna backers push to secure leadership and a two year bid for Hanna’s successor. Democratic moves show local harmony as James Kybourne withdraws, Baker secures unopposed Democratic senatorial bid.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Hanna
Forgher
George B. Cox
Washington
State Executive Committee
Foraker
New York
Hannas
Hannii
Hanna Uckers
James Kitebourne
Charles W. Baker
Fire instead of a festival destroys Alexander building
A Christmas tree with inflammable ornaments and candles caused a blaze in Chicago on December 28 destroying the Alexander apartment building at Bowen and Cottage Grove avenues. The six story structure housed twenty families and the fire, aided by limited exits, forced residents to cling to ledges as flames cut off escape. Dozens were injured, and damage is estimated above $100,000.
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Chicago
Alexander
Bowen
Cottage Grove Avenues
Sosa
Ig.ddera
New York Legislature to Convene Next Wednesday
Albany December 29 The legislature of New York will meet for the 125th time next Wednesday There is much difference of opinion on when final adjournment will occur Republicans expect the speaker’s gavel to fall on April 1 Speaker S F Nixon likely to be renominated for speaker Colonel Archie E Baxter to again be chosen as clerk of the assembly Senate leaders and officials to remain unchanged with no senate elections this year
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Albany
N. Y
State of New York
S. F. Nixon
Colos
Twenty Japanese Missing After Boarding House Collapse
Vancouver reports December 29 that twenty Japanese from Steveston are missing and feared dead after a boarding house between Steveston and Point Roberta collapsed on Thursday morning. The building stood on pilings and left no trace remains. the seaside location made rescue efforts difficult.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Steveston
Point Roberta
Steveston Posalbis
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