Pittsburg Flood Tops Ten Year Record As Rivers Rise
Pittsburg endures a major flood with nine deaths reported as swollen rivers and smaller streams overflow. At 10 o clock Thursday the gauge reached 32 feet and was rising. officials warn 34 feet or more could occur, risking the most disastrous flood in the city’s history. Names and ages of victims include Lloyd Weyand 30 William Beers 40 George Johnson 5 Annie Shull 7 and others near Laurel Hill creek Girtys run and Blue Baker creek.
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George Johnson
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Milvale
Annie Shull
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Hastings
Wall Street Sees Rail Legislation Check on Business
A New York dispatch reports Wall Street believing railroad policy and rising money costs will curb general business. Harriman warns a slowing rail network could cut labor demand and raise surplus, while calling for interstate rate regulation under government supervision.
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Honduras boats join coastal defense buildup
Honduras has equipped several gun boats as part of a naval readiness push. Lueders, Texas sits midway between Albany and Stamford. J. W. Scharbauer plans a $100,000 hotel and sanitarium in Fort Worth. Amarillo church will build a $20,000 house of worship. A San Angelo clerk faces arrest for selling a cigar on Sunday.
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Amarillo
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Two Cents Favored by Senate Committee on Internal Improvements
Austin March 14 senate committees on internal improvements report in favor of reducing railroad passenger fare to two cents. Willacy files an adverse minority report. House panels add eight hour work rule for state clerks. medical board bill passes. Santa Fe track removal and reconstruction approved. governor to sign. Senate debates pure food commission location and night session scope. City councils gain power to set water gas light rates. vote result 20.
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Light
Salvation Army workers jailed over street preaching order
Eleven workers from the Salvation Army and allied groups spent Wednesday night in jail in Port Worth after refusing personal bonds. They were jailed for violating recent orders on street preaching and baring further arrests is expected as cases are set for Saturday.
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Shooting on Katy flyer at Waxahachie depot
An auditor on a Katy flyer in Waxahachie Texas was shot by a Black man as the train stood at the depot. The assailant, ejected for fare refusal, drew a revolver and fired once, then escaped.
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Whisky violation leads to $500 fine and 20 days in jail
Expensive Whisky Selling in Waxahachie Texas on January 11 led to Elmer Leach being convicted in county court for violating the local option law. He must pay a $500 fine and serve twenty days in jail. Several more cases against him are pending.
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Tex
Elmer Leach
Cherokee youth Clarence Brown pleads guilty in Ada murder case
Asked for mercy Clarence Brown, a Cherokee Indian, pleaded guilty before Judge David Bryant in the Federal court at Paris Texas to killing his mother and murdering his brother near Ada I T and was sentenced to life in prison.
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I. T
David Bryant
Street railway strike shows modest improvement in Louisville
Louisville reports forty cars in service by nine oclock on the fifth day of the street railway strike. imported strikebreakers manned all cars with heavy wire netting for protection. police boosted by extra forces maintain order as mounted officers patrol disorderly districts. separate notes mention Gerardo Nunez capture in Durango after ranch robbery, a Denison man charged with assault on a seven year old, Indian lease revenues exceed 250000, and the Wichita Falls to Altus railroad expanding thirty miles.
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Leona Noakes
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Okla
Texas
Thaw Case Debates Evelyn Nesbit Testimony Scope
In New York on March 14 District Attorney Jerome argued over Evelyn Nesbit’s account in the Thaw case. He asserted Nesbit told him of beatings by Thaw and alleged drugging by White to ruin her, while defense counsel Delmas fought to exclude Hummel’s testimony on truth of Nesbit’s statements.
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Pacific Slope
Woman Hills Shroud for Cures at Dowie Shrine
Miss Rachael Fisher, suffering locomotor ataxia, touched the hem of John Alexander Dowie's shroud at Zion City in the crowd seeking cures. She walked briefly after kissing the hem but fell while leaving, sustaining serious head and body bruises as others pressed for relief.
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Rachael Fisher
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Miss Fisher
Mnany
Missouri House OKs anti race track gambling weakness fix
Jefferson City March 14 The house passed the senate bill to correct a weakness in anti race track gambling It forbids using a telephone telegraph or any instrument to place bets on horse races The governor urged the measure and is expected to sign it into law
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Senate
Decisive clash feared as Nicaragua and Honduras poised
Washington reports an expected decisive engagement between Nicaraguan and Honduran forces at any time, signaling heightened regional military tension. Both sides have mobilized troops and equipment, with diplomats monitoring possible escalation and seeking restraint.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
Mallory Appointed Receiver of Public Moneys
Washington March 14 The president appointed Frank L Malory of Arkansas to be receiver of public moneys at Camden Arkansas.
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Washington
Frank L. Malory
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Ark
Delmas Withdraws Motion In Thaw Trial Testimony Clash
In New York at the Thaw trial Judge Fitzgerald bars Hummel testimony on Evelyn Nesbit affidavit. Delmas objects to questions about Nesbit’s statements, Jerome presses for admissibility, and a dramatic exchange follows with remarks exchanged over striking the questioned testimony. Jerome and Delmas argue over process as the motion is withdrawn.
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New York
Abraham Hummel
Delmas
Jerome
Voting on Strike in West Rail Unions Moves 47000 Members
In Oakland 47000 members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen west of Denver vote on a general strike to demand higher wages. Ballots reach Cleveland by March 25. Outcome hinges on Switchmen's union support, as the organization is not recognized by railroads or the Brotherhood. Local Switchmen's union No. 152 leader says the strike requires switchmen cooperation.
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Denver
American Railway Union
Cleveland
Switchmen’s Union
Rairoads
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Switchmen’s Union No. 152
Honduran Revolutionists Beat Bonilla Near Tegucigalpa
In Managua on March 14, Honduran revolutionists defeated President Bonilla’s forces after fifteen hours of combat near Tegucigalpa. They captured seventy officers and soldiers as heavy casualties occurred on both sides.
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Nicaragua
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Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Man kills wife shoots mother in law then wounds self
E McNear of Port Arthur killed his wife and shot his mother in law, then fatally wounded himself. He was taken to Beaumont and is under nominal arrest after being brought to hospital.
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