Floods Subside Slightly in Delta Farms Face Long Flood
April 2 Memphis area reports flood conditions improving along the Mississippi delta. Levees hold but crevasses from Helena to Greenville flood extensive lands and rail lines. Towns such as Gunnison and Perthshire are inundated while the White River basin and St Francis area push water toward the main channel.
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Memrnis
Mississippi Delta
Greenville
Arkangan
Mississippi
Helena
St. Francis
Arkansas
Westoveria
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Road
Perthshire
Gunnison
Rosedale
Torrine
Riverton
Dahomey
Storm
Benoit
Beulah
Wayside
Longwood
Refuge
Swiftwater
Deerson
Australia
White River
St. Francis Basin
Memphis
Crawley
Memphia
The
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Paducah
Vicksburg
St.Francis River
Iowa Miners End Strike With Seventy Cent Scale
Iowa miners accept a summer wage scale of 70 cents causing a cease of a strike by about 128 workers at Phillips and Lomsien mines. Four Iowa counties comprise 90 percent of miners. meetings set to discuss further action.
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Orrumwa
Iowa
Phillips & Lomsien
Monro
Appangosa
Mahaska
Noo i
Insurance Law Amendments Pass in Bitter Senate Debate
Des Moines April reports that the senate adopted key amendments to the insurance bill after a prolonged, acrimonious session. One amendment holds the company liable for all acts of agents, and another requires a copy of the application attached to every policy. The house discussed state printing and binding costs, with a sharp split over investigations into extortion claims against printers.
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Telegraph and Express Company Des Morts
House
Iowa
Indiana
Senate
Senate Committee On
Des Moines
Acta
Yeas
Vaya
Committee On
Ini
Temple
Brant
Lambert
Smith
Horrors of Flood Hit Yazoo Delta as Levees Fail
A heavy rain and west wind trigger four major crevasses along the Yazoo Mississippi delta. Water pours through breaches 50 feet wide, flooding 30 000 acres near Westover and threatening Helena. Towns such as Gunison and Rosedale are submerged. 150 miles of Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad face inundation, with 4 000 square miles of farmland at risk.
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Yazoo Delta
Meimphin
Mississippi Delta
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Hudson
Albany
Vickaburg
Rosedale
Miss
Arkansas
Helena
Arkansas City
Westover
Laconia Circle
Arkansea
Gunnison
Perthshire
Vicksburg
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad
Exodus of Dunkards Headed to North Dakota
About 2,500 Dunkards from across the East departed on a special Great Northern train to join the North Dakota colony. Pennsylvania led the departures with others from Virginia West Virginia Maryland Ohio and Indiana sending trains. The exodus followed widespread meetings in Dunkard communities and aims to secure farmland in the west.
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New Home
St. Pau
Minn
St. Paul
North Dakota
Northwest
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Omcago
Great Northern Railroad
Railroad
North Dakota Tankards
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West
Entire Family Drowned in Cumberland River
News from EppYville Kentucky reports the drowning of Willian Flick and his family of three when their skiff capsized while attempting to move them from a flood damaged home near Crigg Furnace. The tragedy occurred in darkness on the Cumberland River.
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Eppyville
Newa
Cumberland
Willian Flick
Flick
Crigg Furnace
Senate votes on arbitration treaty amendments and Cuban resolution
Open senate session brief as Mills introduces a Cuban resolution. Hoar amendment passes 64 to 13 after changes. Foraker amendments to arbitration treaty adopt 42 to 28. Mills seeks an expunging change but fails narrowly. Chilton proposal to submit all agreements to the senate is tabled.
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Chages
Foraker
Mills
Washington
Senate
Tex
Committee On Foreign Affairs
United States
Cuba
Spain
Hale
Morgan
Gomez
Senator Hoar
Yeas
Great Britain
Chilton
Hoar
Nebraska adjournment talks grow as recount nears end
Lincoln April 1 adjournment discussions intensify as recount committee nears completion. House and Senate panels to set final adjournment date amid possible extra session if appropriation bills fail. Recount covers ten counties listing 2769 votes of 280000. Governor Holcomb signs motor vestibule bill.
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Lincoln
Housea
Housa
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Douglas
Lancaster
Adams
Boone
Farnas
Red Willow
Hath
Jefferson
Dixon
Seward
Holcomb
Lidwell
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