Appeal answered as Hymela levee fight shows progress
River conditions improve after a day with a two tenths foot drop. Additional men and money arrived at Hymela and cribbing extended toward the batture as planners anticipate joining ends to seal the break.
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New Orleans
Hymela
Angola
Parker
Board of Control
Tunica Hills
Red River
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Pontchatrain
Leake
Jevee Board
Lewis
Levee
Pontchartrain Basin
River fall noted as levees show improvement
In Natchez Mississippi on April 1 the river dropped within 24 hours and levee reports are described as gratifying. The Callad Sporting club obtained a white fisherman’s conviction for killing a deer driven from Louisiana by high water. He was fined 25 dollars and jailed thirty days for feeding venison to his dogs.
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Natchez
Miss
Callad Sporting Club
Louisiana
Corbett Retains Title With Second TKO of McGovern
In San Francisco on April 1, James J. Corbett defeated Terry McGovern for the second time to retain the championship. The fight ended in the 11th round after a series of powerful rights and lefts from Corbett. The crowd surged as McGovern fell and could not rise before the count of ten. Referee Eddie Graney officiated amid a lively postfight uproar.
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San Francisco
Corbett
Terry McGovern
McGovern
Terry
Brooklyn
Graney
Eddie Graney
Massacre Report Blasts Village in Macedonian Conflict
Sofia reports a village in Abilitcho Istib was surrounded by Bashi Bazouks after ten hours of fighting. Artillery arrived, the village was robbed and burned, and all inhabitants were killed. Turkish losses are said to exceed those of the attackers.
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Sofia
Macedonian Committee
Abilitcho Istib
Five Killed in Sandoval Coal Mine Explosion
A Sandoval Illinois mine blast killed five men and fatally injured four others. The dead are Frank Davis L F Lamay Diminic Barlottio John Gachenis Joe Reancan. Fatally injured include Henry Newhouse Henry Wheeler Charles Lewis William McFadden. One man Frank Day was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Louis
Sandoval
Ill
Frank Davis
L. F. Lamay
Diminic Barlottio
John Gachenis
Joe Reancan
Henry Newhouse
Henry Wheeler
Charles Lewis
William McFadden
Frank Day
Duncan Fire Devastates Block. Loss Around Sixty Thousand
Duncan Indiana April 1 fire sweeps most of a block causing extensive damage estimated near $60,000. The First National Bank and Loveless buildings are spared. Authorities suspect incendiary origin of the blaze.
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Duncan
I. T
Lead Mine Found Near Ravia With Rich Ore Vein
Dick Sharp reports locating a lead mine within three miles of Ravia Oklahoma with a ten inch surface vein. Exhibits by former Joplin miners show ore comparable to top galena from Joplin mines and possibly richer in silver. A party reportedly offered $1688 to prove the find.
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Ravia
I. T
Dick Sharp
Joplin
Chinese Laundryman Lee Nua Marries Lelia Tolbert in Chickasha
Lee Nua a Chinese laundryman in Chickasha and Lelia Tolbert a Black woman were married by United States District Clerk Speake in Chickasha Oklahoma Territory on April 1. Lee staged elaborate preparations with the front of his laundry crowded with spectators.
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Chickasha
I. T
Lee Nua
Lelia Tolbert
United States
Lee
Roosevelt appoints John Russell Natchez customs collector
President Roosevelt appoints John Russell as collector of customs at Natchez Mississippi replacing W J Winston who resigned. The Arkansas monitor anchored at the foot of Clay street in Vicksburg Mississippi at seven o clock Tuesday evening.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Monitor
Arkansas
Clay Street
President Roosevelt Begins Western Trip From Washington
President Roosevelt started on a western journey at 9 05 AM from Pennsylvania Station amid enthusiastic crowds. He greeted admirers as police and Secret Service secured the area and walked to the private car with Secretary Hitchcock, later meeting Baron Speck von Sternberg for a brief talk.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Station
White House
Pennsylvania
West
Sylvester
Secret Service
Hitchcock
Baron Speck von Sternberg
Cribbing Holds as Levee Break Threatens New Orleans Area
In New Orleans the Hymalia crevasse remains stabilized after Tuesday night with ongoing cribbing work and 60 Southern Pacific workers plus 150 from Wagga aiding the effort. About 200,000 earth sacks are readied, guards patrol the levees, and Red River reports show a falling water level with hope the river stays within banks in a week or ten days.
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New Orleans
Hymalia
Southern Pacific
Waggaman
Gan Son
Plantaeers
Arkansas Line
Hymelia Crevasse
Howell Crevasse
la Fourche
Red River
Kerr
Cross Keys
Adventists Convene in Oakland for Thirty Fifth Biennial
More than 100 delegates from Europe America and distant islands attend the thirty fifth biennial convention and conference of Seventh Day Adventists in Oakland California. Committees are named and the two year financial report is read and accepted showing conference wealth at two hundred five thousand four hundred eight dollars free of encumbrance.
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Oakland
Cal
Europe
America
Islands of the Sea
Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
Mitchell
Wreck on L&N southbound train near Sparta injures none
Montgomery Alabama April 1 report says passenger train No 3 on the Louisville and Nashville line left Montgomery at 9 30 Tuesday night and derailed two miles south of Sparta. The train ditched and smashed including Pullmans and day coaches but no serious injuries. Vandals are blamed for misplaced rails.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Sparta
Elephant Died of a Chill on Steam Car Route
Sultan the seven foot Indian elephant of Ringling Bros died in a box car near Chicago after arriving with a herd of forty from Baraboo. A chill struck him while crossing Wisconsin and whisky was used to make a hot toddy at a station.
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Chicago
Sultan
Ringling Bros
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Albanian uprising spreads amid sectarian killings in Balkans
Disturbances in north Albania flare as thousands attack towns along the Mitrovitza Uskub line demanding Serb gendarmes. Fighting with a 3000 strong Turkish garrison near Mitrovitza ends March 30 with heavy reinforcements sent to quell the revolt. Christians flee toward Ser via Prilep as outbreaks and murders rise in the Prilep district. The Russian consul at Mitrovitza is endangered and the sultan orders guard monitoring at Yildiz Kiosk to prevent palace disorder.
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Constantinople
Albania
Vousteen
Mitrovitza-Uskub
Pristina
Mitrovitza
Vilayet
Asia Minor
Servia
Prilep
Monastir
M. Sucherbina
Russia
Imperial Guard
Yildiz
Dissolution of Temporary Injunction in Railroad Labor Case
In St Louis Judge B Adams dissolves the temporary injunction issued March 3 barring officials of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Firemen and Railroad Trainmen and other labor leaders from influencing Wabash system employees to strike. The March 3 injunction was based on claims of conspiracy to interfere with interstate traffic and mail transmission.
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St. Louis
United States District Court
B. Adams
Adams
Strike Ends in Colorado City and Cripple Creek Mines
President Moyer of the Western Federation of Miners declares the strike off. Strikes at Colorado City, started February 14, and Cripple Creek mine shipments to United States Reduction and Refining plants are resolved. Reinstatement timing is the remaining issue. workers are promised full employment by May 18.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado City
Cripple Creek
United States Reduction and Refining Company
Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
MacNeill
Dominican Warship Presidente Encounters Fort Off San Domingo
The Dominican cruiser Presidente, displaying President Vasquez’s flag, arrived off Fort De Some Fi San Domingo on April 1 and exchanged cannon fire with the fort before leaving for San Domingo. No damage was reported, but tensions rise as a foreign warship’s arrival is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Domingo
Presidente
Vasquez
Longtime newspaper editor Dr Thomas Poster dies at 85
San Francisco reports the death of Dr Thomas Poster after a lingering illness at eighty five. He served as editor for the Philadelphia Public Ledger beginning in 1856 and led the Daily Minnesota in St Paul after moving to Minnesota in 1849. He later practiced medicine and served as government physician and surgeon for Minnesota Indians through 1873.
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San Francisco
Thomas Poster
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Minnesota
Minnesotan
St. Paul
General Hughes Retires in San Francisco
Major General R. P. Hughes retires from active service in San Francisco and transfers command of the Department of California to Major General MacArthur with a simple staff introduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
R. P. Hughes
Department of California
MacArthur
Staff Department
Fire Damages Oil Tanks in Bengal Province
A blaze in Bajbaj, Bengal, destroyed several oil tanks belonging to Standard Oil and two other firms. The damage is estimated at about $1,200.
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Calcutta
Bajbaj
Province of Bengal
Standard Oil Company
Senate and House Work on April 1 in Austin
Tuesday hearings in Austin saw bills advance including a teachers certificates validity bill to third reading, a public conveyances disinfection measure with inspection rules, and multiple Senate actions. House bills on rebuilding the old fort at Nacogdoches, justice of the peace fees, changing scholastic age, and an agricultural department bill with Harper amendment were finally passed.
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Austin
Bradfield
Senate
Bailey
Beaty
McKinnon
Neal
D. Smith
Davidson
DeWitt
House
Nacogdoches
Agricultural Department
Harper
Rail commission meets in Fort Worth outside capital
The Texas railroad commission held its first meeting outside Austin on April 1 at the Worth hotel in Fort Worth. All members attended along with many prominent freight railroad men. Topics included grain rates switching and terminal charges. The board toured stockyards and packing houses.
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Fort Worth
Railroad Commission of Texas
Worth Hotel
Man Kills Abuser After Interference in Naco
Telegram from Naco, Ariz., reports John Crosson of El Paso was shot and killed after allegedly abusing his wife. City Marshall Wilson intervened, Crosson drew a pistol and fired. Wilson then fired three times, killing Crosson. Wilson was exonerated.
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el Paso
Tex
Naco
Ariz
John Crosson
Crosson
Marshall Wilson
Wilson
Children mauled by lion on Mud Creek ranch in Texas
Two Mexican children playing near their Brackett County home were attacked by a large Mexican lion and torn to pieces. Will Allen, owner of the Mud Creek ranch, said he and others tracked the animal and killed it.
Rail parallel plan to Gulf route announced
An authority states the Rock Island will parallel the Houston and Texas Central from Dallas to Corsicana with another track. The plan aims to connect toward the Gulf, announced from Fort Worth, Texas, dated April 1.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rock Island
Houston and Texas Central Railway
Dallas
Corsicana
Crum Takes Charge as Charleston Port Collector
W D Crum was sworn in as collector of the Charleston port Tuesday morning. The chief inspector of customs resigned to take effect on Crum's entry. Rumors of a possible restraining order delay linger, with city officials alerted but no action expected.
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Charleston
S. C
W. D. Crum
Custom House
Crum
Senate
Corporation Council
Cabinet Meeting Adjourns Before Roosevelt Absence
Washington April 1. The cabinet meeting Tuesday was the last for nearly ten weeks. President Roosevelt will be absent until June 5. The session was brief with focus on the president's itinerary and minor departmental matters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
President's nine week trip spans fourteen thousand miles
The president will undertake a nine week and three day tour covering about 14 000 miles. A special Pennsylvania Railroad train of six coaches will accompany him and is described as among the finest ever leaving Washington. He will visit twenty four states.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Road
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Charles
J. W. Bat
Court House
Achoc
Snall
Courthot
Norther Town
Jett
D. Franklin
Buchanan’s
Zach Tally
WU E
Geo W. Smith
Cleee
East City National Bank
Simmons & Gene
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Chicago, MI
N. M
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