Allison Renominated and Texas bankers convene
Des Moines reports Republican primaries give Senator Allison a round ten thousand lead over Cummins making him likely successor as legislature leans Republican. In Fort Worth bankers meet for the Texas Bankers association with four hundred delegates in session praising improved finances while warning of crop damage from floods and urging aggressive legislative work.
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Biography of Senator Allison and Senate terms
The text notes a senator elected to succeed James Harlan for the term starting March 4, 1878 and re-elected in 1878 1884 1890 1896 and 1992. His current term ends March 3, 1909 and his next term would be Senator Allison's seventh.
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Senate
James Harlan
Allison
Manuka reports typhoon wrecks pearling fleet with heavy loss
Victoria June 4 The Canadian Australian liner Manuka arrives with word of a typhoon striking a pearling fleet near Thursday Island. About twenty Australian pearlers are dead and 270 lives lost including Malays, Manila men, Japanese and Kanakas. Survivors endured harrowing hours as sharks circled wrecks and many bodies washed ashore near Broome.
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Manuka
Australia
Thursday Island
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Parry
Broome
Grant's Application for County Engineer Revealed
A 1858 document found in St. Louis records shows General U S Grant applying for the county engineer post, then refused. The job carried low pay and duties centered on bridge construction and similar public works. The paper was uncovered during a search of old county records in the city.
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St. Louis
City of
Mae O'Reilly Alive in New York Lead
Rochester police say Mae O'Reilly, long thought murdered on the Gunness farm near La Porte Indiana, is believed found alive in Saratoga, with information from Julius Truelson prompting the check in Rochester.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Police Department
Mae O'Reilly
Julius Truelson
Gunness
la Porte Ind
Saratoga
All Swept Away on Red River Bridge Work
Denison June 4 All work on the Oklahoma side of the Red river bridge was swept away the piling lane and sixty five feet twisted like pipe stems and carried down with the current. The river is rising rapidly and the work on the south side is secured by cables. The rise was sudden and many workmen barely escaped with their lives.
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Denison
Oklahoma
Red River
Dance Hall Death: Police Officer Killed by Robber
In San Francisco on June 4 a dance hall hold up ended with Police W H Haines fatally shot as he confronted robber T O Young. Young entered the hall, held the bartender at gunpoint, and after Haines arrived fired at close range. Young was captured and jailed.
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San Francisco
W. H. Haines
T. O. Young
Young
Heins
Lanning Indicted in Seven Counts for Embezzlement
Norwalk Ohio June 4 Congressman Lanning former vice president and director of the defunct Ohio Trust company was indicted on seven counts for embezzlement. He and James G Gibbs former bank president face two indictments alleging obtaining money by false pretenses and another charging misapplication of funds.
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Norwalk
Lanning
Ohio Trust Company
James G. Gibbs
Weak spot found on Mississippi levee at Hymelia plantation
New Orleans reports a weak spot north of the city at Hymelia plantation in St. Charles parish on the river's west bank. Two hundred laborers rushed to the site and a trainload of dirt sacks sent to reinforce the levee. Water levels near the top threaten undermining, prompting vigilant state engineer monitoring.
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Hymelia Plantation
St. Charles Parish
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