Roach scandal and bank embezzlement ties in Dakota
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Roach of North Dakota and a younger Roach linked to an 1879 embezzlement at Citizens National Bank. The Post says indictment may come, Roach denies guilt, and he stays in the Senate. Other items cover civil service exams, treasury plans, and Hawaii provisional government notes.
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Mine
Othe Diapatoh
Washington
Hoach
North Dakota
Roach
Citiwoe’ National Bank
Frank Hatton
Tonorow
Uct
Senate
St. Paul
Citi
National Bank
Benintor
Wisiingtox
Itu M. Rorob
Mth
Bondo
Hic Hws
Mutor Ronchi
Wes
Dakota
Washmoton
Ilinois
Nebraska
Town
Wyoming
Hawaiian Commission
Woodbones
Honolulu
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Louie Jordan
Indianapolis
Treasury
Bosey of
Tisinois
Pensions
Gnesta
National Geographical Society
Arlington Hotel
Princess Kainlani
Hawaii
Destructive fire devastates Guyandotte area
At about 1 o clock this morning two blocks in Guyandotte West Virginia were swept by a blaze destroying six houses including saloons and restaurants. Authorities call the fire incendiary and inquiries will follow. Ex President Harrison and his party departed by boat for up river ducking grounds after fixing reports of their own guns.
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Hunxtinatox
W. Va
Guyandotto
Havana
Harrison
The Craze for Cash in Chicago Rentals During the Fair
Windy City residents rush to rent out homes for the world's fair four month period at sky high rates. Landlords, including wealthy Chicagoans, aim to net huge profits while critics warn the practice harms the city’s welfare. A New York visitor offers $10,000 for a four month rental, illustrating the booming rent market driven by demand for spectacle and proximity.
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Chicago Post
Fnally
The
Post
Btrlichiys
Chicago
New York
World Fair Fear and Balloon Plans Highlight Boston Speech
Boston March 15 Joseph Cook spoke on Perils and Promises of the World’s Fair and Crime and Christianity in Chicago noting a rumored 35 000 person influx to Chicago by a conspiracy of houses of infamy. He cited W C T U visits to the mayor and warned Chicago faces decay while Boston’s own civic menace is the pace of greed.
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Chicago
Boston Divine
Boston
Joseph Cook
Brewar Ortay Smivasonatiny
Olay
Therese Minotaur
The Highbinder War in San Francisco Streets
San Francisco reports a fresh murder in the ongoing highbinder war in Chinatown. Bud Chew, imported from Portland to join the clashes, was shot by Li Gu near police headquarters. Chew survived hospital treatment after nine wounds.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Bo Sin Lour Society
Bud Chew
Portland
Li Gu
Chew
Gina Os
Mine Disaster at Ardmore Leaves Nine Dead
A coal mine explosion at Ardmore in Indian Territory killed nine men and wounded many. The blast occurred in shaft No 1 of Choctaw Coal Co near Hartehorns station along the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line. Initial reports varied on the death toll with later dispatch confirming nine fatalities and unclear injured lists.
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Kansas City
McAllister
I. T
Choctaw Coal Company
Ardmore
Chickasaw Nation
Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Foe
Isa
Anderson
Kanaan and Texas
Caston
St. Louis
San Francisco
Pear Hartehorns Station
A Little Venice Hundred Homes Surrounded by Kalamazoo Floods
Kalamazoo River floods half a mile on both banks with about a hundred houses enveloped in water. A small Venice forms on the Enat side as shoring is needed for swelled waters. The Howlandeburg dam fails, Plainwell dam blows out, Otsego dam holds back a vast lake of 8,000 acres amid fears of greater danger from overnight rainfall.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Venice
Enat
Howlandeburg
Gulf Lake
Plainwell
Otsego
Grand River Rises to Forty-Three Year High at Granp Ramps
The Grand River in Granp Ramps Michigan surges to the highest level in 43 years. Flooding forces mills to close leaving many unemployed. West side neighborhoods see about 100 homes surrounded by water with families evacuating by boat amid a blizzard. Reports on river conditions above are conflicting, but the rise is steady and alarming.
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Granp
Mich
Democras in Caucus Report Steering Committee
Washington March 15 Senate Democrats in caucus to receive the steering committee report which revises committee lists and arrangements. Republicans also at work with assignments nearly completed and to be reported to caucus before the senate convenes. Prairie fires in Southeastern Colorado under control. a Lamar dispatch reports the deaths of James Thomas his wife and child with homes burned. Victoria cannery manager says Indians calm with no trouble expected.
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Senate
Allison
Roous
Denver
Colorado
Lamar
James Thomas
Victoria
B. C
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Lato
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New York & New England Company
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Ludlow Manufacturing Company
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Victor L. Bedingfield
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