Heppner Flood Devastates Town After Cloudburst
A wall of water twenty feet high from Willow Creek devastated Heppner Oregon drowning about 500 residents with 300 bodies recovered in Ione. Bridges rails and business district were swept away and relief crews from The Dalles and Portland mobilized along with a city relief fund of $5000. A separate report notes Miss Martha Morrow was killed by an excursion train near South McAlester Oklahoma.
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Portland
Ore
Willow Creek
Heppner
Ione
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Dalles
Lexington
James S Scott Granted Share of Bennett Estate
Guthrie Oklahoma June 16 James S Scott an aged Cush ing resident long believed dead by family has been placed right through his attorneys to receive one half of the estate of his brother Warren N Bennett who died at Binghampton New York The estate is described as large in size
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Guthrie, Okla
James S. Scott
Cushing
Okla
Warren N. Bennett
Binghampton
N. Y
Jury Delivers Quick Verdict in Child Assault Case
In Houston on June 16, after testimony on criminal assault charges against Hood regarding his ten-year-old stepdaughter, the jury returned a verdict in about ten minutes. Hood faces a ninety-nine year sentence in the state penitentiary. In Washington, Alvord Warriner Cooley of Westchester, N Y, was named civil service commissioner, succeeding Dudley Foulke who resigned. Cooley accepted the post.
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Houston
Hood
Criminal District Court
State Penitentiary
Peter the First King of Servia Chosen in Geneva
Genéva June 16 King Peter I of Servia accepted the crown after news of his election. He vowed conditions including constitutional skup, exile for assassins, higher civil list, and a Geneva delegation. Peternvics family members pledged homage and service to Peter I. Colonel Machin’s reception in Belgrade is reportedly resisted.
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Servia
Genégva
Peter
Sertvia
Skupsetting
Secdhd
Geneva
Peter I
Alexander
M. Peternvics
Peterinevics
Machin
Belgrade
Colonel Machin
Serbia inaugurates new dynasty with Peter Karageorgevitch king
Belgrade June 16. In a quiet session the senate and skupshtina elected Prince Peter Karageorgevitch king of Servia with unanimous support. A general amnesty was voted, and M Schiokovics proclaimed Peter I king to cheering but subdued crowds as a 101 gun royal salute marked the moment.
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Belgrade
Servia
Alexander
Senate
Skupshtina
Peter Karageorgevitch
Prince Karageorgevitch
M. Schiokovics
Peter I
Karageorgevitchs
Judge Redwine Divides Time Between Murder and Arson Trials
In Jackson Kentucky on June 16 Judge Redwine balanced duties between murder and arson cases. The defense began with alibi claims and called Curtis Jett and Tom White to testify they did not enter the courthouse before county official J. B. Marcum was shot. White testified about his location during the shooting and identified no suspect, while jurors and relatives listened to testimony as habeas corpus writs were heard for Crawford and Tharp.
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Redwine
Jackson
J. B. Marcum
Jett
Sarah Hargis
Crawford
Tharp
Thomas White
Marcum
Ewen
Hargis
Clarence Hadden
John Sheaz
Dodge Banks
Mammoth Dam Across Mermentneau River Completed
Louisiana Jennings June 16 the mammoth dam across the Mermenteau river is completed to a temporary stage. The structure spans one of the largest rivers in the state and will hold back salt water that has hindered rice farming by ruining last season's crop.
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Jennings
Mermenteau River
Louisiana
Prisoner Escapes Train Near Ardmore During Snatched Moment
Foster Sumpter a United States prisoner charged with horse stealing jumped through an open window on a southbound Santa Fe train about eighteen miles north of Ardmore while being moved from Purcell to Ardmore by Deputy Lee Harris. He was handcuffed at the time of the escape.
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Ardmore
I. T
Foster Sumpter
United States
Santa Fe
Here
Purcell
Lee Harris
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Call
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Tishomingo
Peter the First
NEW Dynasty
John B. Mike
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Dallas
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T. J. Anderson
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