Flood Losses Mount Across Mississippi Region
Floods across central and southern Mississippi cause estimated losses of at least 5 million dollars. Crops, especially corn, suffer near total ruin while bridges and rail lines are washed away. Towns remain cut off and water supply risks grow as fires at waterworks cease pumping.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Pearl River
New Gulf and
Ship Island
Hattiesburg
Vicksburg
Chunky River
Enterprise
Columbia
Woman leaps from Brooklyn Bridge to end life
Miss Marie Diase of New York jumped from the Brooklyn bridge and survived with no serious injuries. Melancholia is listed as the motive for the attempted self destruction. In Rawlins Michigan the Ajax dynamite mills packing house exploded killing William Weaver Ed Halligan and William Van Vassler. They were blown to atoms.
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New York
Marie Diase
Brooklyn
Rawlins, Mich
Ajax Dynamite Mills
William Weaver
Ed Halligan
William van Vassler
Grover Cleveland
J. Pierpont Morgan
Seth Low
William E. Dodge
W.J. Northen
Georgia
Helen Gould
Notable Gathering Opens Ecumenical Foreign Mission Conference
In Carnegie Hall more than 2000 missionaries from across the globe gather with exPresident Benjamin Harrison to open the Ecumenical conference on foreign missions. Seven societies coordinate the work, with sessions running through May 1 and Sundays in city pulpits.
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New York
Benjamin Harrison
Carnegie Hall
Ecumenical Conference On Foreign Missions
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Christian Missionary Society
Evangelical Party
Church of England
Society of the Propagation of the Gospel
London Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
American Board of Foreign Missions
Congregational Church
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
American Baptist Missionary Union
Dewey Hesitates Over Political Statement Release
Reported tension surrounds Admiral Dewey as aides urge timely public remarks while others press for silence. He weighs political gain against timing, watches Georgia and Texas, and hopes for a favorable Kansas City outcome without premature announcements.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Bryan
Georgia
Texas
Kansas City
Bryan South
Cleveland
Thomas Jefferson
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Mr. Cleveland
Mexican cattle arrive on rails for Texas market
El Paso reports cattle raisers along the Rio Grande line applying for 300 livestock cars to ship 15,000 head next week. The cattle will move through this port to ranges in Texas New Mexico and Colorado for fattening before sale.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre
Pacific Road
J. I. Logan
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
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Swan
United States
Howell Bros
AOL
A. D. McConnico
Insurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Maryland
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
Burt Norwood
Liza
Dray Line
F. A.lee
F. A. Lee
Port Arthur
W. J. Babcock
Chicago
Chicago Shipbuilding Company
Rio Vista
Alma Long
Cleburne
Jennie Belle Comer
Long
Emperor Maximillian’s
Laredo
Maximillian
Fort Worth
George Smith
Kennedale
Here
Erest L.thielmann
Mansfield Roadhouse
Brock
Messenger Smith Keaches
Paris
James Francis Smith
Kruger
Marseilles
Leyds
Cypress Timber
Orange, Tex
W. H. Stark
E. W. Brown
This Place
John Dibert
Lutcher
Antee
THE
Bryan Grocery
Galena
Kas
McKinney
Jim Patterson
Tildy Jones
Exchange Hotel
American Laundry
Brogden's Livery Stable
Jas. O. Kernale
J. V. Brogdon
Dee Mike, JR
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