Rising rivers flood towns across central region
News brief reports widespread river cresting and floods on May 15 across Missouri and neighboring states. Missouri river rises threaten grain elevators and mills in St Louis, with extensive farm flooding in Calloway bottoms and Osage. Other towns note washed-out rail lines, ruined crops, and displaced residents as rains persist.
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St. Lovuis
Farmers’ Elevator
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Carondelet
Glendale
Jefferson City
Missouri
Calloway
Osage
Gaconade
Moreau
Orsona
Iron Mountain
Arcadia
Hogan
la Bula
St. Paut
Minn
Mississippi River
Grand Rapids
Atkin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Vansuren
Ark
Arkansas
Kansas & Arkansas Valley Railroad
Fort Donar
Little Sioux Valley
Farmer Dies by Tying Rope to Tree Then Horses Tear Head Off
From Borsuneron Vermont May 15 special to the Post. A farmer named Dumont of St Antoine Quebec used a stone boat hitched to horses, tied a rope to his neck and a tree, drove into the woods, and the team pulled free his head. No cause given for the fatal act.
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Borsuneron
Dumont
St. Antoine
P. Q
Yale Divinity School anniversary sermon by Rev Barrows
New Haven May 15 The Yale Divinity School anniversary exercises opened with a sermon before the seminary by Rev John J Barrows pastor of First Presbyterian Church of New Haven He preached on the crucifixion from If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto Me John XII 32 Graduating exercises follow Wednesday morning with thirty seven men in the class this spring
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New Haven
Yale Divinity School
John J. Barrows
Astor
First Presbyterian Church of
Eec. II
Divinity School
Trial at Neusatz on arsenic poisoning ends rundown
In Neusatz the trial of three women charged with poisoning husbands and lovers with arsenic ends. One defendant named Piernickski is sentenced to life servitude after being found guilty while the others are acquitted. The prosecutor intends to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buparista
Neusatz
Piernickski
Pure California Wines Offer Advertised at Low Price
A brief classified note promotes Pure California Wines at one dollar per gallon with four bottles in assorted selection. Blanchard and Farrar at 24 to 1% Dock Square and 31 Faneuil Mall Square listed as vendor locations.
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California
Blanchard & Farrar
Dock Sq
Faneuil Mall Sq
Lynn rabid foxhound terrorizes Lynn area on Saturday
The Post reports a foxhound ran amuck through Lynn Saugus and Swampscott biting ten pedestrians and injuring many others. Victims include Deputy Marshal Neal ex mayor Samuel Daubier Daniel Harrington Mrs Warren Elijah Merrill a 14 year old Edward Smiths son and others. Police pursued and killed the dog while doctors treated bite wounds and spectators feared hydrophobia as the dog’s origin and fate drew urgent medical and civic attention.
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Lynn
Saugus
Swampscott
Marshal Néal
Samuel Daubier
Daniel Harrington
Warren
Pearl Street
Elijah O. Merrill
Edward Smith
Swampscot
Patrick Farrel
Stephen Randall
Elijah Merrill
Rogers Avenue
Edwin Smith
Rockland Street
Mr. Smith
Marblehead Road
Patrick Farrell
Dr. Warren
Daubier
City Hall Square
Neal
Wells
South Common Street
Drs. Little
Lovejoy
Grey
Chace
Harold C. Ernst
Boston
Greek Elections Produce Large Tricounis Victory in Athens
Athens May 15 The general elections gave the Tricounis party a large majority with M Tricoupis his nephew and M Dragoumis among the successful candidates. A riot broke out in the city with revolvers fired and two wounded, one fatally.
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Athens
Tricounis Party
M. Tricoupis
M. Dragoumis
Labor unrest at Faneuil Hall strikes near crisis
Labor conflict tightens as boiler-makers strike threatens to replace union workers with non-union labor. Manufacturers demand nine hours pay for ten, offer backdated protections for lower earners, while workers fear factory closures. Cambridgeport plants report partial returns to Kendall & Co Roberts Iron Works and William Campbell & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers’ Association
Kendall & Co
Roberts Iron Works
William Campbell & Co
Cambridgeport
Levee break triggers city labor protests and river flood
A central labor union meeting condemned land purchases for a city plaza and urged hall rentals free for labor bodies. Meantime a massive levee breach near East St. Louis floods 40,000 acres, submerges the Jockey Club track, strands people, and sends debris into bridges as floodwaters surge along the Illinois side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Illinois
East St. Louis
Cologne
Merchants
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
John Avenue
Lyman Beecher's Pupil Jonathan Blanchard Dies
Jonathan Blanchard, President Emeritus of Wheaton College, died suddenly after an illness in Wueratton May 15. Born January 19, 1811 in Rockingham Vermont, he studied under Lyman Beecher and led Knox College before helming Wheaton from 1880 to 1882. He later contributed to the Christian Cynosure.
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Wueratton
Lil
Jonathan Blanchard
Wheaton College
Blanchard
Rockingham
Lyman Beecher
London
Knox College
Galesburg
Ill
Wheaton
Passion Play staged at Boston Theatre for Charity
A Boston Theatre presentation of The Passion Play in twenty four tableaux drew a packed crowd on the first anniversary of the Young Ladies Charitable Association. The limited cast featured Mr Watts as the Lord with Miss Faunce and Miss Murray as Mary and Mary Magdalene. The Cathedral choir and an extended ensemble supported a reverent, well staged production in aid of the Free Home for Consumptives.
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Boston
Young Ladies’ Charitable Association
Temple
Egypt
Lord
Jerusalem
Christ
Jesus
Mary Magdalen
Mr. Watts
Miss Faunce
Virgin
Mary Magdslen
Murray
Alfred de Seve
T. Frank Donahue
Cathedral Quartet
Ellen A. McLaughlin
Cecilia Mooney
Samuel Tuckerman
John J. McClusky
T. Johnson
Lon F. Brine
Free Home Consumptives
Une
Firemen Foil Burglar in Cobb Residence
In New Reprorp Mass on May 15 a burglar broke into W H Cobb's County street home during a fire yesterday. One fireman on duty battled the intruder while a second fireman emerged from the cellar hall and struck the burglar with a stick of wood. The burglar fled as an officer was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Reprorp
Mass
W. H. Cobb
County Street
Lenz Begins World Bicycle Tour From Pittsburg
Frank Lenz, famed cyclist, departed Pittsburg at 8 this morning for a two year bicycle journey around the world. A send off at Brownsville preceded his route via Cumberland, Baltimore and Washington to New York where the full tour commences. He carries a camera and will write articles for Outing magazine which funds his expedition.
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Pittspurg
Penn
Frank Lenz
Pittsburg
Brownsville
New York
Cumberland
Baltimore
Washington
Lenz
Outing
Plot to Kill Czar Revealed by French Detectives
French detectives uncovered a Nihilist plot to assassinate the czar at Gatchina palace. Disguised investigators found under mining of the palace and a 300 foot tunnel to a hill, with explosives near the czar sleeping chamber. Entry concealed by rock and sod. Detectives report the plan, details to be published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gatchina
Gatchina Palace
Paris
Plot to Escape from State Penitentiary Foiled
May 15 Columpus C reports the warden uncovered a plan by at least five prisoners to escape last night. Forged passes were to fool new guards at the gates while others would cut through the roof and descend by ropes. A key allegedly opened many cells. An incendiary device and a candle triggering a fire were found, with a large combustible pile. One prisoner carried $1153, source unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columpus
State Penitentiary
Cattle War Reopens as Wellman Murder Case Moves
In Doucuns Wyoming the sheriff and posse recovered Wellman the Blair Cattle Company foreman killed at the ranch. An inquest began and adjourned to Monday awaiting ranch visitors. Wellman will be buried in Bay City Michigan as concerns mount over renewed cattle conflict with reports of recruitment by cattlemen agents in Texas.
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Doucusns
Wyo
Wellman
Blair Cattle Company
Wellman and Hathaway
Buffalo
Gillette
Bay City
Mich
Texas
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Sunday Tragedy Drowns Five In Delaware River Squall
A squall on the Delaware River capsized a rowboat carrying five young men and boys. Lewis Tiernere, Charles Anderson colored, and George Roalt were drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Lewis Tiernere
Charles Anderson
George Roalt
Man Dies in Pitts Street Mission Bed
Tremley, aged 67, was found dead in a bed at the Pitts Street Mission around 6 pm after visiting on Saturday night. The Medical Examiner ruled natural causes. The body was moved to Undertaker Tinkham's and then to the North Grove street morgue. The full name of Tremley is not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremley
Pitts Street Mission
Tinkham
North Grove Street
Mission
Harris
Engraving Offer With Coupons And Four Month Subscriptions
The advertisement urges presenting thirty coupons at the POST office for a valuable engraving or mailing it for eight cents to cover tubing and postage. Four months of subscription at one dollar unlocks an advance engraving and additional engravings upon coupon presentation. Begin today.
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the Post
Smashup at Hagerstown as train derails after switch fault
A Norfolk and Western fast train leaving Hagerstown Maryland at 12 40 am crashed into three loaded freight cars after jumping the track twelve miles south. Conductor Hays was killed instantly and ten passengers were seriously injured with two likely to die. Several limbs were broken and one passenger required leg amputation. Injured were taken to Hotel Hamilton and Baldwin House in Hagerstown. A jury ruled the accident due to a defective switch.
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Hacerstown
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Here
Hays
Hagerstown
Hamilton
Baldwin
Boston Freight Wrecked In Siding Accident
Norwich May 15 A Boston boat freight train of thirty two cars was diverted into a siding at the New London and Northern station by a misplaced switch at 7 20 this morning It struck yard locomotive No 161 drove it through a four foot wall torn out a concrete walk and pushed it into North Thames street Twenty feet away One box car was wrecked into kindling wood and two derailed A wrecking train from New London repaired the damage No injuries reported Mogul hauled the freight train to New London later today and the disabled engine will be moved tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Boston
New London & Northern
North Thames Street
New London
Hard times ahead for North Dakota crops in year
The May 15 report from St Paul notes continued cold and wet weather threatening crop prospects in North Dakota. If conditions persist, Northwest farmers, especially North Dakota, may face heavy losses with seedings potentially at only about 60 percent of last year. Conditions along the Northern Pacific line appear worse than elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
North Dakota
Northwest
Northern Pacific
May Be Murder at Holyoke
Mary Ewing also known as Mary Brown, 46, was found in a tenement with head wounds tonight. James Shea, who was with her earlier, was arrested after she identified him as her assailant. Blood on his hands and one shoe. She is not expected to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotyeur
Mary Ewing
Mary Brown
James Shea
Italy's New Cabinet Formation
Rome May 15 The new cabinet has been completed with Signor Giolitti as President of the Council Interior minister and ad interim treasury minister Signor Brin Foreign Affairs Signor Bonacci Justice Signor Ellena Finance Signor Pelloux War Signor Sanbon Marine Signor Genala Public Works Signor Pacaua Agriculture Signor Martini Public Instruction Signor Aprile Posts and Telegraphs
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Rome
Signor Giolitti
Council
Interior
Treasury
Signor Brin
Signor Bonacci
Justice
Signor Ellena
Finance
Signor Pelloux
Signor Sanbon
Signor Genala
Signor Pacaua
Signor Martini
Signor Aprile
Posts and Telegraphs
Boston Conductor Charles Coyle Dies After Accident
Charles Coyle a 41 year old Boston and Albany conductor residing at 530 Tremont street died at Massachusetts General Hospital at 8 35 yesterday after his train due at Cottage Farm station at 7 am yesterday struck him while in motion his head was out a car step and a post struck him fracturing his skull he died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Coyle
Boston & Albany
Tremont Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cottage Farm
Lone Star Cotton Picker promotes stock with eye witness proof
A Texas based cotton picker firm markets shares at 31 Milk St in Waco while displaying a functioning model. Letters from business figures in Waco and a Boston contact claim rapid, clean cotton picking, plant safety, and strong leadership. An eye witness account from J E Horne portrays the machine as a grand success and suggests solid dividends may follow.
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Lone Star Cotton Picker Company
Milk St
Texas
Waco
Tex
Boston
South
Lone Star
J. E. Horne
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Ayer
Mary Schubert
Kansas City
J.C. Ayer
Tain
Swampsco*t
Harrington
Pasteur Institute
Bay
George Pranker
Jay Gouldhs
CA Lungel
Ngnant Sol OF
Botlermaker
Green Men
Faneuil Hall
Plymouth Rock Pants
Central Labor Union
Type Hall
New England Granite Association
Plymouth Rock Pants U Co
Journeymen Tailors
United Garment Workers Union
General Court
Mechanics Hall
Charlestown
Plumbers’ Union
Blatchford Hall
W. K. Johnson
Malden Street
H. L. Powers
Cambridge
K. of
Patmes
Bastom
Charity
Brooks
St. James’ Episco Church
North
Pel
Massachusetts
Maryland
Holyoke
Italy
W. P. B. Brooks & CO
Hanover Street
Saml Kidder
Federal St
Geo, H. Lloyd
Optician
Washington St
Tostigsuod
Bellevue
Vonenelze Dallyrian
Dr. Hasbro Eeees
Tormentor
eewGeEes
Trinity
Cecces Cevelteja Airplant
Eaescek Lo Bolero
Tom Tough
Sykeston
BCU
Ross
Cesvcces
Tor
Caceunenseossekle
WSR Cou Sas Bas Cdc
Raotodinweil
Caccereseeel le Lidg Rwood
Dero
Ue S
Don Alonzo
Tom Bonn
Prince Imeria
Yar OW
Laura Gould Coit
Minnchibar Oo
Cas Gs Lad Imoorg Soos
Vais
Morrow
Minnie S. Colt
Sir Richard
MMR
Cashic Hoedas
Ethic Colt
Neophenal
Prom Rss
Kingarime
Kelwond
Beggals
Rosa H
Gertie
Loy Natalie Sc
Dedham and
Albany Sts
Boston Veterinary Hospital
Gus Naine
BF Baraitseager
Hr Wilpert Soule
Calis
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