Levee Breach Drains Wide Area as Water Rises Near Lucy
Crevasse at the bend of the river sends water spreading over several square miles. Lumber shortages hindered repair while a special Texas and Pacific train carried material and workers toward the scene. Planters from nearby parishes rush to shore up levee as large plantations in St John St Charles and Jefferson face inundation.
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New Orleans
Lucy
Texas and Pacific
St. John
St. Charles
Jefferson
Bryan announces candidates for city offices
The Eagle announces A. L. Dunnica and A. M. Spell as candidates for City Secretary in Bryan's April election. It also names W. J. Roberts and T. P. Boyett for City Marshal, Rogers T. Boyle and J. B. Priddy as alderman candidates.
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A. L. Dunnica
Bryan
Eagle
W. J. Roberts
T. P. Boyett
City of
The
J. B. Priddy
Webb Bros Spring and Summer Clothin Suit Try On
Webb Bros invites customers to drop in for spring and summer clothing and to try on suits with a sales pitch emphasizing matching customers’ time.
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Webb Bros
Levee Breach Flood Reaches Bayous and Oyster Beds
The flood routes toward the gulf via Lake Salvador Bayou Barataria and Little Lake threatening sugar parishes and truck farming areas. Oyster beds face impact but no loss of life is expected. Lafourche levee board crews moved to seal crevasses and assist in holding ends to benefit New Orleans and Ponchartrain levees.
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Gulf
Lake Salvador
Bayou Barataria
Little Lake
Lafourche Levee
New Orleans
Ponchartrain
River falls as rail lines reopen aiding spring meet
Memphis reports a slow river decline and rapid drainage of Arkansas floodwaters. Iron Mountain work restores the line west of the river with trains on schedule. Choctaw Frisco and Cotton Belt use Tron Mountain tracks until their lines reopen. The Iron Mountain traffic resumes to support attendance at the Little Rock meeting and the Memphis Jockey Club spring meet opening Monday at Montgomery Park.
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Memphis
Arkansas
Iron Mountain
Wilson
Frisco
Cotton Belt
Tron Mountain
Little Rock
Montgomery Park
Memphis Jockey Club
The Innel Land Measure In House Of Commons Text
The Irish land measure text, laid out by Wyndham, fills thirty nine pages with details not in the speech. It allows recovery of arrears of rent at purchase, with commissioners able to remit in part or whole in special cases. It limits purchases to mainly agricultural estates and enables works of improvement on untenanted lands, benefiting sub tenants and occupiers.
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House of Commons
Wyndham
Killarney
London
Mar
Terrell Measure and Texas House Actions Highlighted
Senate passed the Terrell election bill by a wide margin and the Austin session saw amendments. The House spent time on a bill validating land grants to certain railroads, which was engrossed. The Johnson grass bill also moved to engrossment as the San Jacinto field bill advanced in the Senate.
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Austin
Mareoughly
Senate
House
Levee Breach Ravages Greenville Mississippi Area
Special to the Scimitar reports a breach three miles south of Greenville where water pours through a crevasse about 400 feet wide. The roaring flood alarms residents as authorities scramble to assess damage along the Mississippi border.
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Greenville
Miss
Memphis
Mare
Cabinet Resigns Over War Portfolio and Army Funds
The entire cabinet resigned in Sofia in March due to the inability to locate a minister willing to accept the war portfolio unless the cabinet agreed to army appropriations.
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Sofia
Empress Thrown From Horse Breaks Arm in Gruenwald
Berlin reports the empress sustained a broken right arm after being thrown from a horse while riding at Gruenwald on March 7. The incident was witnessed by onlookers and the royal retinue provided aid Prince officials announced no further injuries.
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Berlin
Empress
Gruenwald
Louisiana Postmaster Appoints Lafayette Man
Washington March 27 The president appoints J R Domengeaux as postmaster at Lafayette Louisiana. Chicago March 27 N Banks the manufacturer K Fair is dead in Fairbanks memorial notice downtown report.
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Louisiana
Washington
J. R. Domengeaux
Lafayette
Fairbanks
Chicago
N.banks
K. Fairis
Magnificent Comet Seen Over Aden in Evening Sky
Aden Arabia reports a splendid comet sighting at 7:30 PM Thursday. The luminous object crossed the heavens in a striking arc, attracting observers across the city.
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Aden
Arabia
Relief Of Fairs Bill Moves To Remove Anti Poolroom Law
Senator Hicks and colleagues introduced a measure to allow wagering on horse races at state fair associations under supervision within 200 feet of tracks while prohibiting pool sales. Senate judiciary committee reported favorably with a minority view. In Austin on March 27 the Terrell election bill amendments advanced but failed to gain four fifths. House discussed a 45 set intangibles tax and adopted a free conference report repealing occupation taxes on merchants bankers lawyers and dentists.
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Hicks
Davidson
Galveston
Davison
Dewitt
Wilmney
Hill
Decker
Savage
Paulus
Lipscomb
Pause
Stafford
Faullon
Senate Judiciary No
Bradfield
Texas
Senate
House
Austin
SECTIONS COLLIDE IN TRAIN WRECK KILLING ONE
A rear collision of two sections of Southern Pacific eastbound No. 10 at Lacoste near San Antonio fatally injured a Mexican passenger and wounded three others. The engineer Quinn suffered severe injuries as section No. 2 telescoped the sleeper and was later destroyed by fire along with the depot.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Lacoste
Quinn
Tragic Fire Claims Miss Jennie Stewart near Annona
March 27. Miss Jennie Stewart thirteen year old of east of Clarksville Texas was burned to death after her clothing caught fire while burning stalks in a field. A companion was present and assistances delayed. She died within a few hours.
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Clarksville
Tex
Jennie Stewart
Annona
Here
Child Dies in House Fire Near Springs Town
Weatherford Texas reports that eighteen month old child perished in a fire at Claude Kelly's home near Springs Town while the mother was milking. Authorities investigate the accidental blaze and identify no foul play.
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Weatherford
Tex
Claude Kelly
Springstown
Infant dies after fire burns both legs in Beckville
Infant daughter of Frank Culpepper fell into a fire in Beckville Texas. Both limbs were badly burned and she died from her injuries.
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Beckville
Tex
Frank Culpepper
Lmbs
Judge Stewart of Tenth district passes away
Galveston March 27 reports the death of Hon. W. H. Stewart a long serving figure who presided in the Tenth district civil court He collapsed a short time earlier while en route to De facto duty and died Thursday morning in the county courthouse context after a fainting spell.
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Galveston
Arch
W. H
Stewart
Tenth District
de Dutaoe
Deputies Stop Escapee as Shots Ring Out Near Here
A deputy posse pursuing an escaped convict Mullen encountered him five miles west of town. Sheriff Welch and Allen Alsup were shot. Alsup died hours later. Police being sworn in as deputies as Galveston sets rehearing deadline.
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Tex
Con Mullen
Welch
Allen Alsup
Here
Alsup
Galveston
Galveston Commission
Frost Receives Naval Cadetship Recommendation
Fort Worth dispatch reports W. O. Frost of Comanche has been recommended by Congressman Gillespie as a naval cadet at Annapolis.
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Frost
Fort Worth
W. O. Frost
Comanche
Congressman Gillespie
Annapolis
Car derailment near Muskogee injures passenger
In Muskogee I T on March 27 a motor car struck a spike and derailed. Passengers D H Donovan and J D Zook of St Louis were aboard. Zook was thrown forty feet down the embankment but uninjured while Donovan's head struck a tie leaving his skull exposed and lip torn, with internal bruising.
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Muskogee
I. T
D. H. Donovan
J. D. Zook
St. Louis
Zook
Donovan
Contempt of court attachment issued for Oklahoma senator
Chief Justice Burford in Guthrie issues an attachment order against Senator Hickam of Payne county for contempt of court. He allegedly failed to appear before the Logan county grand jury under subpoena investigating alleged poodling in the Oklahoma senate. In South McAlester, Mrs. Daniel Earl, wife of a Canadian Methodist minister, is jailed in default of 1000 bail for adultery with her late son accompanying her.
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Guthrie
Okio
Burford
Hickam
Payne County
Logan County
Oklahoma Senate
South McAlester
Daniel Earl
Canada
Oklahoma City
Earl
Chickasaw Leader and Wife Slain in Ravia Shooting
Ardmore reports the assassination of Franc Hare a Chickasaw political leader and his wife in Ravia a single gunman shot them in the breast authorities investigate motive and suspect.
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Ardmore
I. T
Franc Hare
Hare
River Stands at Helena with Stage 1 Flood Readout
Helena Arkansas March 27 river reaches a stand at stage 1.1 and no further rise expected as authorities monitor rising water levels along the river.
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Helena
Ark
Deaf Delighted by Hutchinson Acousticon Demonstration
New York on March 27 saw inventor Miller Reese Hutchinson display the acousticon at the New York Academy for the Deaf. Inmates learned to hear music for the first time with the ear piece, thrilling a girl who nearly spasmed with joy. a skeptic deaf man distinguishable mother and father words after hearing Hutchinson say hello.
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New York
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Hutchinson
New York Academy
Mark Twain
George Dewey
Mr. Hutchinson
No Negroes at National Council of Women Events
The New Orleans executive session of the National Council of Women opened with no black attendees. President May Wright Sewell stated no colored woman would join the social function, noting only two colored women could attend business sessions, one of whom sent a proxy.
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New Orleans
National Council of Women of the United States
May Wright Sewell
International Council
North
Inter state extend filing time in cattle raisers case
The Inter state commerce commission extended to April 20 the deadline for filing an answer to the petition by the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas and the Chicago Livestock Exchange intervenor. The delay relates to reopening the case against Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad and others over Chicago Terminal charges after a motion to continue the hearing.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Fort Worth
Denver City Railroad Company
Chicago
Prominent Physician Juries Swayed by Embezzlement Verdict
March 27 Lexington Ky A jury sentenced Dr A P Taylor president of the Industrial Mutual Deposit Company to three years in the penitentiary for embezzling surplus funds as dividends though none were earned. He faces three more indictments amid a wave of about fifty similar actions against prominent citizens.
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Taylor
Guiity
Lexington
A. P. Taylor
Industrial Mutual Deposit Company
Cochran Absents Irish Nationalists Convention
Former Congressman W Bourke Cochran of New York cannot attend the Dublin convention set for April 14 to discuss the Irish land purchase bill. His doctors advise him to remain in Egypt’s climate until May due to serious lung illness. London.
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New York
Dublin
House of Commons
Egypt
London
Trains to Birmingham to be Routed via Frisco Tracks
March 27 Birmingham Alabama will halt its central rail traffic by using Frisco system tracks from Aberdeen or Holly Springs Mississippi to Birmingham within thirty days. Officials say a traffic arrangement will integrate the routes to restrict train movements into Birmingham. In St Petersburg the Russian foreign office calls a US news report of 1000 deaths on the Turko Persian frontier a preposterous untruth.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mlinois Central
Frisco
Aberdeen
Holly Springs
Miss
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
United States
Death of a Mexican Deputy March 27
Joaquin Escota of the Jalisco district chamber died at Tacubaya near Mexico City. He served in the court that sentenced Maximilian to death and had a long, honorable political career.
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Joaquin
Chamber
Jalisco
City of Mexico
Escota
Tacubaya
Maximillian
Suppression in Nicaragua as government gains control
From Managua on March 27 the government reports the revolution that began at Fuigalpa in Canzales and the San Juan River area is under government control and anticipates full restoration of order within a few days.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Fuigalpa
Department
Canzales
San Juan
New Spanish Finance Minister Named in Madrid
Madrid on March 27 reports Senor Rodriguez San Pedro a conservative lawyer appointed to replace Finance Minister Villaverde. Villaverde resigned amid pressure from war marine and other ministers for higher spending.
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Madrid
Senor Rodriguez San Pedro
Villaverde
Marine
Plague Point Causes Anxiety in Mazatlan District
City of Mexico reports Siquieros as the only plague point in Mazatlan district. Eighteen patients remain in the village with potential for deaths as authorities monitor the outbreak.
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City of Mexico
Siquieros
Mazatlan
For Sale Lamar Bethea and Nearby Lands
Auction notes describe sales of Lamar Bethea property and multiple tracts near town. Listings include 49 acres on Wixon creek, 1100 acres road creek bottom land with six tenant houses, 150 acres in Reliance settlement, 40 acres west of town, and 50 acres north corner of Bob Johnson place. Prices range from 3500 to 10 dollars per acre, with trades offered west of Brazos river and easy terms noted.
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Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
Road Creek
Brazos River
Reliance Settlement
Bob Johnson
Batts Offers County Land and Homes For Sale
J W Batts advertises abstract books for Biazon County and lists multiple property sales. Properties include 105 acres near court house with 25 cultivated, 6 wire fence at 1500 dollars, plus a 1 quarter acre near achoo house with cottage, a six room house near Allen Academy, and several city blocks priced from 250 to 1950 dollars. Some properties include rents, wells, cisterns, and outbuildings.
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Court House
Achoo
Allen Academy
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