Worst flood aftermath hits central Texas streams
April 10 dispatches report severe flood damage across Austin Bastrop LaGrange Smithville and surrounding towns. crops ruined property and livestock losses are heavy with power and water restored gradually. multiple fatalities and wrecked farms, barns, and homes are noted alongside rising rivers and disrupted rail lines.
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LaGrange
Tex
Concho River
Smithville
Bastrop
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Philadelphia pupils send pro Boer message to Kruger
Philadelphia school boys sign a message to President Kruger with 22 000 pupil names. A crowd fills the Academy of Music for a pro Boer rally featuring speeches by Webster Davis and George H. Graham. A 16 year old boy delivers the note to the Transvaal leader as plans for delivery to Kruger abroad unfold.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Kruger
William N. Nashman
Webster Davis
George H. Graham
P. Louter Wessels
Bloemfontein
Thomas J. “Meek
Edward Markham
Lincoln
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Public Schools
Greater New York
St. Louis
Southampton
Havre
France
South African Republic
Transvaal
England
Captain Ostheim Dies in Apparent Suicide Mystery
Captain Louis Ostheim of the First United States Artillery was found dead in his Audi torium annex room with a bullet wound in the temple and a revolver beneath. Chicago papers note he and Mrs Eva Bruce Wood planned to wed in the city on Monday before leaving for the east. A coroner's jury ruled Ostheim's death accidental, not self-inflicted.
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Chicago
Louis Ostheim
First United States Artillery
Auditorium Annex
Eva Bruce Wood
Walter B. Phister
East
Captain Ostheim
Populists Plan Kansas City Convention April 30
Kansas City April 10. Populist central committee votes to hold a mass convention in Kansas City on April 30 to nominate a Populist state ticket. Chairman Little says no fusion with Democrats in Missouri. Populists will nominate and vote their own slate. Little favors Bryan and Caldwell.
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Kansas City
Central Committee
Little
Missouri
Bryan
Caldwell
Plans for Kansas City convention hall move forward
In Kansas City on April 10 plans for a new convention hall are nearly complete. Debris removal is active. Hall directors have $235,000 available of an expected $300,000 cost. Delegations keep signing hotel contracts for quarters.
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Sterling City
Concho
Kansas City
Ratification of Hague Conventions on Arbitration and War Tools
The president has ratified The Hague conventions establishing universal arbitration for international disputes and regulating the use of warlike instruments.
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Washington
Frog legs broiled with butter and lemon
A brief cooking note instructs broiling frog legs quickly on a hot fire to brown the outside while keeping the inside uncooked. Season lightly with salt and pepper, finish with smelted butter and a squeeze of lemon juice before serving with buttered toast.
A Child's Vain Wish
A humorous exchange as a child imagines whiskers like his father and mother asks why not. The child replies that whiskers would prevent him from seeing when his neck needed washing.
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Edward
Smiler the Gibraltar guardroom dog dies after accident
Smiler the popular Gibraltar garrison dog broke his leg slipping on a rock and had to be euthanized. The dog patrolled guardrooms nightly and chose which guards would be on duty after guard mounting. He was beloved by officers and men for his steady sentry presence.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Smiler
NSW Premier Reid Sleeps on Opposition Benches
In a late night session the premier Mr Reid dozed on the opposition benches drawing amused attention across the NSW assembly. Mr Barton quipped that Reid is his sleeping partner in the government side provoking laughter and a light political moment.
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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Reid
Barton
Sidney Telegraph
Uihlein’s Potato Decoy Controls World Plant Bugs
Fdoward G Uihlein Chicago park commissioner built a global plant collection and faced insect predation. He devised a scoop potato decoy beside each specimen, luring bugs to eat the potato while protecting plant roots.
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Fdoward G. Uihlein
Chicago
Mr. Uihlein
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Colorado Valley
McCall
Brazos
Walter Blassman
Dick Morris
Alfred and
Waldo Johnson
Frank Piaget
Joe Newman
John Boss
Frank Fitzgerald
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Blanco River Rampant
Blanco, Tex
Blanco
Gatesville
Granbury
Laredo
Rio Grande
Colorado
Conchoall
Guadalupe Valley
Gonzales
Gonzales County
San Angelo
Middle Concho
Osthein
Missouri Populists
Convention Mall
Miltary
Seigle & Company
Zennatti
Bryan, Texas
Mrs. Hopkins
Mrs.hopkins
Vaio
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