Levee Crevasse Crisis Threatens Great Flood Control Effort
New Orleans reports the Hymela crevasse near failure as cribbing work stalls for funds. Levee board warns without $50 000 in subscriptions the project will cease, risking 700 foot breach and widespread inundation from La Fourche to Plaquemine. Rail traffic bogs down as diversions fail. Howell crevasse blocks Napoleonville SP line.
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New Orleans
Hymela
Levee Board
la Fourche
Plaquemine
Texas and Pacific Road
Southern Pacific
Howell
Napoleonville
Salvation Army Chief William Booth Returns to London
General William Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, received a great welcome at a packed Albert Hall audience of 9600. The rainy night did not deter crowds, with hundreds turned away as Booth appeared, triggering a remarkable demonstration.
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London
William Booth
Salvation Army
Albert Hall
Booth
Duellists in Louisiana Farm Fight Leave One Dead
Lake Charles La March 31 John Guillory and James McMillian farmers fought a duel near the parish east line over a dog. In the road McMillian shot Guillory dead and surrendered to officers.
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Lake Charles
John Guillory
James McMillian
McMillian
Guillory
Levee Mud Boils Prompt Mayersville Civil Action
Mud boils appeared along the Mayersville levee forcing most men into danger duty. Telephone reports say the risk is extreme and citizens protest the levee boards for withdrawing guards from the levees in Mayersville, the Issaquena county seat.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mayersville
Issaquena County
Battle near Bajabon leaves heavy Dominican losses
Cape Haitien report states government troops clashed with Dominican revolutionary forces at Juan Calvo near Bajabon on March 31. Government casualties totaled 27 killed and 43 wounded while the revolutionaries suffered 5 killed and 11 wounded.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Juan Calvo
Bajabon
Safe Blown Open At Minco Mercantile Company
The Minco Mercantile company in Minco twelve miles north of Chickasha was robbed when its safe was blown open. The thieves secured $29.05 in cash and over $35,000 in notes insurance policies and private papers.
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Chickasha
I. T
Supreme Court Rules Against Relator in Land Purchase Case
The supreme court decided in the case of G. T. Moore versus Charles Rogan land commissioner that the mandamus application is adverse to the relator who sought to rescind the commissioner's cancellation of a purchase of two land sections.
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Austin
Supreme Court
G. T. Moore
Charles Rogan
MEN ARE EXHAUSTED Fresh Hands Are Required to Press Forward the Work
A call urges renewed effort as exhausted workers need fresh hands to sustain ongoing labor. Officials emphasize perseverance and mobilization to maintain momentum.
Filling Up Courses At Hymelia Crevasse Pushes People Inland
New Orleans readers learn that the Hymelia crevasse flood is driving residents from lowlands to higher ground. Workers toil, Texas and Pacific adds daily trains for laborers, cribbing stretches stabilize crumbling banks, river height sits near maximum, and levees in Ponchartrain district are reinforced as water encroaches inland.
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New Orleans
Hymelia
Texas and Pacific
Tie River
Ernest
The
River Commission
Ponchartrain
Angola plantation levee breache. flood endangers convict farm
A main levee protecting Angola state convict farm on the Mississippi broke, risking outright inundation of the plantation in hours. Back levees will be cut to allow escape of floodwater. no lives reported, but state losses expected to be heavy. West Feliciana parish lies opposite Red River mouth. Angola is a state owned plantation former Montgomery-S.L. James property.
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New Orleans
Angola
Mississippi
West Feliciana Parish
Red River
Louisiana
S. L. James
Weather bulletin notes no change in Mississippi river levels
The Weather Bureau reports no change in the lower Mississippi river situation. River stages are 51.4 feet at Vicksburg and 20.2 feet at New Orleans, down 0.1 foot since Monday morning.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Indignant Irishmen disrupt Philadelphia theatre scene
A mob of Irishmen egged the cast of McFadden's Row of Flats at the People's Theatre in Philadelphia on March 31. Eighteen men were arrested and held without bail for inciting riot after eggs flew during a performance of Mr Dooley. A pistol shot rang out as patrons fled. women and children were trampled in the exits but no serious injuries were reported.
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McFadden
Philadelphia
People’s Theatre
Whitelaw
Goulds to Tour Gould System Across West and Southwest
Lakewood New Jersey March 31 George Gould and his two sons begin a trip over the Gould railroad system in the west and southwest. The journey was planned earlier but postponed by business. The boys study industries by chart and will observe how the network is run.
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Lakewood
N. J
George Gould
Gould
Tragic Gun Accident Blows Head Off German Neighbor Wife
Ballinger Texas reports a grim accident fifteen miles north as Henry Shaefer, a prosperous German farmer, cleaned a gun in his home. The shot struck his wife in the head while her daughter was being combed, killing her and leaving several small children. The husband is driven to near madness by grief.
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Ballinger
Tex
Henry Shhaefer
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Howell Brothers
Bryan Steam Laundry
Bose
Ics
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Newark
Frederick Frelinghuysen
S. Derden
John Wittmann
Filion
Franklin Brothers
Gos
General Booth
Mayerville
Domingo
River Bulletin
George J. Gould
Sweetam
Opera House
John B. Mike
Mgr
Eupign
Las Bryan Grocery Co
Edge Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos
Texas
James & Hart
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