North Texas Storm Ravages Railways and Towns
A March 29 weather spread reports a general rain and wind storm across Texas, with Austin and Calvert suffering three fatalities each. Overflows reach Denton at 18 feet, telegraph lines fail south of the state, and railroads from Dallas suffer washouts and line closures. Damage exceeds $100,000 in Calvert and Austin, with rails and bridges also damaged. The storm disrupts transport from Dallas to Temple and halts many north south services.
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aStan
Lex
Tesas
Whale
South Central
Austin
Calvert
Dallas
Santa Fe
Temple
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Houston
Texas Central
Waco
Cisco
Texas Midland
Greenville
Ennis
North
Denton
Galveston
Hearne
Flood outlook warns of continuing river crest and levee strain
Chief Moore releases a weather bureau bulletin issuing a grave flood forecast from Cairo to New Orleans. The crest remains stationary at five and two sixth feet, with rising levels expected for ten days from Helena to Vicksburg and beyond. Levees face maximum strain around April sixteen, and a break could yield a disastrous flood. heavy rainfall upriver could intensify conditions. Citizens in previously overflowed districts urged to move stock and movable property to safety.
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Moore
Washington
Weather Bureau
Cairo
Helena
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Forty nine presidential post offices to expire in April
McKinley dispatches list of forty nine offices to be closed or reassigned in April as commissions expire. Key offices include Vicksburg Mississippi Mayfield Kentucky and Vincennes Indiana. Over 80000 post office applications filed since administration change though fewer than four years ago.
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Senate
Allen
Washington
Commission
Gorman
South Omaha
Neb
Gallinger
N. H
Wilson
Rep
Wash
Hawley
Conn
Civil Service
Stewart
Nev
Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts
Hoar
Lodge
Berry
Ark
Helena
Turpie
Ind
United States
Nebraska
Niobrara River
P. m. Daily
Chandler
Secretary of State
Pettigrew
Beayer
McKinley
Vicksburg
Miss
Mayfield
Vincennes
Postoffice Department
Interior Department
National Board Plans Danville Branch Home Aid
The National Board of Managers met in Washington to plan a Danville Illinois branch home with a $200,000 appropriation. They also allocated funds for other homes in 26 states and noted last year’s maintenance and construction costs totaling $2,503,640. President McKinley is ex-officio a member. China to Attend Universal Postal Congress
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National Board of Managers
Aesston
Washington
Danville
Thls
Congress
National Home
McKinley
Teutons Withdraw Amid Dardanelles Action and Crete Battles
Reports from Constantinople say Germany will withdraw from the concert after Salisbury blocks a Greek ports embargo. Turkish squadron reportedly passed the Dardanelles on German advice as Greek forces fire on ships in Suda Bay. Fighting continues around Malaxa and Nerokourous with bombardments and munitions landings, while Christian actions target Mussalian properties and the Butamnaria fortress.
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Sultan
Dardanelles
Iti
Crete
Suda Bay
Constantinople
Lord Salisbury
Germany
Turkey
Germaany
Canes
Tiskalaria
Nerokeurus
Daxan
Malaxa
Rami Pasha
Perigola
Butamnaria
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Meare
Wirais L. Moors
Burean
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
St. Louis
Nebraska City
Grand Pacific Hotel
J. Sterling Morton
Hayward
W. D. McHugh
Omaha
A.J. Sawyer
Lincoln
New York
Clive
Naples
Sherman
Hie Ream
Wasa HiKdon
AID For Disabled
China
Universal Postal Congress
Universal Postal Union
Washindon
Willis Vandevanter
Wyoming
Colorado
Tainman
Colo
John E. Bearles
The
Sugar Trust
Lexow Committee
Popes Canal
Teutons
Kaiser
Cretan
Berven
Switzerland
Bundesrath
Odessa
Nevada
Oueyenne
Omaha Commission
Benders
Crisborne
George W. Caldwell
Kate
Jake Bender
Independence
Kan
Rusavilin
Daniel H. Roby
William Braddock
Philadelphia
Delaware
Pillsbury’s
Grocere
Brest
Haniel
Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Iowa
Avtlanticn
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