Levee at Caruthersville Could Withstand Five More Feet
Relief arrives as engineers report the second levee or loop may hold if no further river bank caving occurs. Kilpatrick notes the first levee must be abandoned and the second could endure a five foot rise while boats ferry refugees to safety.
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Caruthersville
Memphis
Lucas
United States
Mississippi River
Kilpatrick
Weather Bureau
Georgia Lee
Cairo
Chisca
Sunshine Society
Ergineer Pharr
St. Francis
Break in Bougie levee threats Vidalia region and crops
A report claims the Texas and Pacific railroad embankment at Bougie lower Concordia parish near Vidalia broke, endangering homes and forcing evacuations. The 15 foot levee breached nearby, with homes washed away and wildlife driven to highlands. Levee patrols intensified as the early crop outlook worsened.
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Netchez
Miss
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Bougie
Concordia Parish
Vidalia
Gillispi
Betsy Ann
Hutching’s Landing
Quit Work Nearly Two Hundred Men Strike at KC Southern Shops
In Shreveport Louisiana on March 12 between 150 and 260 mechanic department workers at the Kansas City Southern railway shops quit over a denied two cent an hour raise. Ongoing disruption risks engine and traffic delays as machinists blacksmiths boilermakers and helpers join the action. The walkout may spread to other railroad mechanics and halt mechanical department work. Also reported Buffalo New York Mrs Pennell dies shortly before 9 pm Wednesday night.
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Shreveport
Kansas City Southern Railway
Rond
Czar Proclaims Major Decree of Religion Policy
Russia's leader issues a decree of great import affecting church affairs. The measure outlines changes in governance, oversight, and religious practice within the empire, reflecting a new state posture toward ecclesiastical authority and public worship.
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Czar
Russia
Czar Promises Religious Freedom and Rural Reforms
The March 12 decree grants freedom of worship to non orthodox creeds and introduces village self government. It calls for rural legal reform, easing forced labor, and revising local administration with input from regional representatives. The measure, issued on Alexander III's birthday, signals a new era for Russian administration.
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St. Petersburg
Alexander III
Sayers Endorsed for Isthmian Canal Commission
Ex-Gov. Sayers unanimously endorsed by both legislature chambers for a seat on the Isthmian Canal Commission. A joint resolution urged President Roosevelt to appoint the Texas governor. Other actions include final passage of bills on liquor sales to druggists, vestibuled streetcars, a boll weevil bill, and state penitentiary funding. A. Chaffee of Bexar named chief clerk in the state purchasing department.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Austin
Senate
Committee On Agricultural Affairs
House
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Genera l
Stewart
Insurance Department
Sayers
Roosevelt
Texas
Crum Nomination Postponed by Senate Commerce Committee
The senate committee on commerce postponed action on Dr. W M Crum for collector of the port of Charleston S C until next Thursday suggested by Senator Clay to allow filling vacant seats on the committee Opponents fear another meeting will not occur this session The president also sent several nominations including Amos M Knapp and George Santer as assistant merchandisers in New York and William W Masterson as consul at Aden Arabia
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
W. M. Crum
Charleston
S. C
Clay
Crum
Senate
District of New York
Amos M. Knapp
George Santer
George Robinson
Aden Arabia
William W. Masterson
Kentucky
John M. Carignan
Standing Rock Agency
North Dakota
William G. Malin
Sac and Fox Agency
Indianola postal facilities inquiry raised in Senate
Washington March 12 Senator Money introduced a resolution asking the president to inform the senate whether postal facilities are now being afforded the people of Indianola Miss It plans to address the Indianola case before the senate at a future time.
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Washington
Money
Senate
Indianola
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