Two New Breaks Worsen St Francis Levee Crisis
Flood news from Arkansas and Mississippi reports two additional breaks in the St Francis levees north of Trice Landing Ark. and at Random Spot and Shawnee Ark. The breaks raise river stage fears while refugees surge and aid from Secretary Root arrives. In Vicksburg showers and rising river levels intensify levee worries as planters seek boats to move livestock. A Texas gun murder report closes the update.
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Memphis
St. Francis
Trice’s Landing
Ark
Mississippi
Shawnee Village
Shawnee
Arkansas
St. Louis
Cairo
Williams
Root
Rock
Napia
Vicksburg
Miss
Duvall
Cholard
Steele
Davis Island
Big Black River
Yazoo
Break Reported at Leland and Rain at Natchez
Saturday situation details a weak levee point at Leland Arkansas opposite Greenville Mississippi. Heavy rain near Natchez worsens Sycamore levee conditions in Concordia parish Louisiana while Vicksburg mobilizes to save levees and officials coordinate with local and federal forces.
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Natches
Memphis
Leland
Ark
Greenville
Miss
Williams
Natchez
Sycamore Levee
Concordia Parish
Louisiana
Vicksburg
No Weak Spot Along New Orleans River Front
Heavy rains fell Friday night in New Orleans and authorities report no weak spots along the city river front after the storm.
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New Orleans
City
Nashville furniture dealer killed in Birmingham incident
Frank H. Connell, president of the Nashville Chair and Carriage Co. in Nashville Tennessee, was run over by a Southern railway freight train in Birmingham Alabama on March 21. A witness reported Connell appeared to throw himself under the moving train and was killed instantly. He was sixty, survived by a wife and two daughters.
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Birmingham
Ala
Frank H. Connell
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville Chair and Carriage Company
Southern Railway
Twentieth Street
Connell
Robert Self
Attorneys Complete Arguments in Northern Securities Case
Northern Securities case arguments concluded in St. Louis before the U S circuit court for Minnesota. Defendants spent nine hours over three days, the government five hours. Cr W Bunn of St Paul led Friday’s session and ex Attorney General Griggs closed for Northern Securities. Special counsel T D Watson of Pittsburgh closed for the government.
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St. Louis
Northern Securities Company
United States Circuit
District of Minnesota
Cr. W. Bunn
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Griggs
Senators Gather at White House in Early Meeting
Nearly a quorum of the senate visited the White House on Friday. Some senators came to pay respects to the president while others sought discussions on appointments to office and the western trip plans were touched upon with a few senators.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Schulgt Wins Turret Concession for Local Brewery Plant
Torreon Mexico March 21 Pablo Schulgt secures concession for a brewery and ice plant to cost between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. The grant includes a tax exemption for fifteen years or twenty years if a larger investment of 1,000,000 is made.
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Torreon
Mex
Pablo Schulgt
Serious Charges Against a Girl
Rose Crystals, a handsome college student and linguist, is charged in New York with stealing 1800 dollars worth of jewelry from Mrs. Vetoria Scheffler who hosted her as a frequent visitor. The arrest followed pawn tickets for 325 and 220 dollars in cash. she pleaded for mercy at the police station and was locked up. Miss Crystalli is the daughter of a prominent life insurance official but has not lived with him for years.
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New York
Rose Crystals
Vetoria Scheffler
Miss Crystalli
Tug Pilot Sinks After Collision Off Marcus Hook
In the Delaware river off Marcus Hook Pennsylvania the tug Pilot sank after colliding with the steamer P Winifred which was towing the barge Commaugh from Port Arthur Texas to Philadelphia. Four crewmen on the Pilot drowned while the Winifred remained unharmed and was being towed into the river in fogbound conditions.
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Philadelphia
Pilot
P. Winifred
Delaware River
Marcus Hook
Winifred
Conemaugh
Port Arthur
Tex
Delaware Bay
Supreme Court rules five beef packers guilty in price control case
Jefferson City March 21 The Missouri supreme court found five large beef packing companies guilty of an unlawful combination to fix meat prices in Missouri and ordered them ousted from the dairy business in the state. Each company was fined $500 plus costs.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri
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