Losses Are Immense Louis Hirsch Reports Guatemala Fallout
Louis Hirsch of San Francisco returns from Guatemala where the Santa Maria eruption destroyed his coffee plantation. He says the cost to Guatemala is no exaggeration and the industry may take years to recover. He notes some crops damaged, next year likely poor, and laborers in military service limit salvage efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Louis Hirsch
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Republic
Fatal to Flowers and son in Monroe County shooting
James Flowers and his son John were killed by Constable Horace Witt near the North Carolina line in Monroe County Tennessee. Witt and a posse confronted the Flowers faction after a land dispute over a state line location. shots were exchanged with Witt fatally shooting James and likely John Flowers. The remaining Flowers brothers fled. Witt calls for an official inquiry.
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John
Tennessee
Jacksonville
Tenn
Jas. Flowers
Monroe County
Horace Witt
North Carolina
Journal and Tribune
Madisonville
James Flowers
Washington Allman
Allman
Witt
Flowers
John Flowers
Three Masked Men In Bedford Firefight Ends In Robber Death
A gun battle at Bedford, near Cleveland, leaves one robber dead and another wounded and captured after three masked men attempt to blow open a post office safe. Officers and citizens exchange shots. no one else is hurt. The confrontation follows an earlier Garretsville raid where a night officer was bound and forced to witness the vault attempt.
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Cleveland
Bedford
Garretsville
Oenen
Central Texas Fair Seeks Bids for Exclusive Privileges
Sealed bids due May 17 for exclusive concessions at the Central Texas Fair August 18 to 21. Privileges include restaurant, ice cream, fruit and confection, tobacco, rubber items, and a shooting gallery. Contracts require half payment at signing and balance on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bradley
Marauders Capture Escape After Train Robbery Bid
After looting failed, three men stole a horse and buggy to Ravenna then boarded a Cleveland and Pittsburgh freight to Cleveland. Deputies and a citizen posse met the train at Bedford and opened fire in a running exchange. One robber died, another was mortally wounded and surrendered, the third escaped.
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Ravenna
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Bedford
Shameful Crime case endangers girl in Bluefields
March 28 report from Bluefields West Virginia details Harvey Williams a Black man who assaulted Mary Jones thirteen year old daughter of a white miner and left her for dead on a mountain between Pocahontas and Cooper. The girl survived and identified Williams who was found near Pocahontas and jailed in Bramwell. Guards surround Bramwell awaiting possible mob action as the victim’s condition worsens.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Harvey Williams
Mary Jones
Pocahontas
Cooper
Bramwell
Williams
Bitten by a Bug Causes Farmer to Go Insane
Oscar Newasaky, a young Polish farmer near Mendon Michigan, reportedly went insane after a winter bug bite. A Wheeling entomologist, Prof. Olinberg, found a bog nest of the insects near his home and was bitten while capturing them, but he remains hopeful for recovery.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mendon
Mich
Oscar Newasaky
de Vos Olinberg
Wheeling
W. Va
National Museum
Washington
Newasaky
Olinberg
Yanger Defeats McPadden in Ten-Round Bout in Detroit
Benny Yanger of Chicago earned a judges decision over Brooklyn’s Hugh McPadden after ten rounds at the Me tropolitan Athletic Club in Light Guard armory before about two thousand fans. Yanger dominated each round while McPadden hung on and showed facial injuries.
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Detroit
Mich
Benny Yanger
Chicago
Siler
Hugh McParden
Brooklyn
Metropolitan Athletic Club
Association
Yanger
McPadden
Race horse Sceptre sold to W A H Baise of the Tenth Hussars
London March 28. R S Siever sold his famous race horse Sceptre to W A H Baise of the Tenth Hussars nephew and heir of Lord Burton. The price was not disclosed. Siever previously refused $150,000 for the horse from W K Vanderbilt last year.
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London
R. S
Siever
Sceptre
W. A. H. Baise
The
Tenth Hussars
Lord Burton
W. K. Vanderbilt
Kaufman County man fatally shoots man after abuse accusation
Terrell Texas March 28 H A Mc Donald near Colquitt fatally shot a negro whom he alleged was abusing him McDonald helped in arresting the brother of the wounded man days earlier, triggering the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell
Tex
H. A. McDonald
Colquitt
Kaufman County
McDonald
Woman Dies from Knife Wounds in Texas County
In Clarksville Texas on March 28 Mrs. J. T. Conway was found in a dying condition from a neck knife wound. She died and her husband J. T. Conway was arrested after officers examined the scene.
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Clarksville
Tex
J. T. Conway
Pritchard Named to Fill DC Supreme Court Vacancy
Washington March 28 Justice Clabaugh is appointed chief justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court succeeding retired Judge Bingham Former Senator Pritchard of North Carolina will be appointed to fill the vacancy created by Clabaughs promotion The move reflects a reshuffle in the DC judiciary with Pritchard stepping into the new role.
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Washington
Justice Clabaugh
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Bingham
Senator Pritchard
North Carolina
Clabaugh
Letters from New Haven Reach Buffalo In Pennell Inquest
Two letters from Mrs. Pennell to a girlhood friend have been sent to Buffalo for the Pennell inquest. One bears a Buffalo postmark dated the night of the automobile tragedy. The letters deny any intent to divorce and show no signs of mental distress or suicide. They were forwarded to Thomas Pennell, formerly Arthur Pennell’s law partner.
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New Haven
Conn
Pennell
Buffalo
N. Y
Arthur Pennell
Thomas Pennell
Strike and Riot Roil Slatovsk Mining District
A large strike and riot in Slatovsk within Dofa government near the Ural mountains left 28 dead and 50 wounded. Slatousk, also spelled Slatoust, is the district’s mining center with iron works and a damascened steel factory. The town sits at 1343 feet latitude and houses about 21,000 residents.
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St. Petersburg
Slatovsk
Dofa
Ural Mountains
Slatousk
Slatoust
Imperial
Oak Cliff Bill Clears Texas House After Senate Action
Austin notes both Dallas charter bills passed final in the house after senate approval. One measure annexes Oak Cliff into Dallas by voter ballot. The other limits voting precincts to 250, extends bonded debt by 250000 for sewerage works from the Trinity River and widens the board of equalization with mayoral vacancy filling.
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Austin
Dallas
House
Senate
Oak Cliff
Trinity River
Board of Equalization
Tugboat Captain Drowns in East River Struggle
James Murphy, tugboat captain, drowned in a river struggle with an unknown man. He was taken aboard a passing tug and died before regaining consciousness. The other man, whose identity is unknown, also drowned. Both were aboard the sunken tug Wm. A. Kane.
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New York
James Murphy
East River
Wm. A. Kane
Appellate Division Upholds Pitt, Pierson Appeals Present
White Plains March 28 the appellate division rejected the conviction of J Luther Pierson known as the Valhalla faith jurist who was fined $500 for permitting his child to die from pneumonia without medical attendance the district attorney says evidence was sufficient to convict and will appeal to the court of appeals
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White Plains
N. Y
J. Luther Pierson
Valhalla
Court of Appeals
Age No Bar to Cupid likely wedding of Admiral Keppel
A London Herald cable report from New York claims Admiral Sir Henry Keppel age ninety three, now in Singapore, may wed before returning to England. The veteran naval figure is hailed as the Father of the British navy.
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New York
London
Herald
Sir Henry Keppel
Singapore
England
Keppel
Cabinet grants Sir William Van Horne fifty years of Puerto Principle buildings
A Havana dispatch to the Tribune reports a special session decision to grant Sir William Van Horne valuable governor buildings at Puerto Principle for hotel purposes for fifty years.
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New York
Havana
Tribune
William van Horne
Puerto
Chiefs of the revolution ratify peace accord in Montevideo
An assembly of revolution chiefs in Montevideo ratified and acclaimed the peace convention signed with the government last Monday.
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Montevideo
Shamrock Tif Introduces Wire Rope Main Sheet
Glasgow report notes Shamrock Tif uses wire rope for its main sheet, a first on any ship of this size on this side of the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Atlantic
Macabebe Scouts Break San Miguel Stronghold
Manila dispatch reports two Macabebe scout companies defeating San Miguel forces Friday. San Miguel apparently killed and Lieutenant Reese seriously wounded. Scout casualties totaled three killed and eleven wounded. the enemy fort held 200 men with a stone fort. After hours of fighting the scouts surrendered the position, then charged, causing the enemy to flee with forty five dead including a general officer possibly San Miguel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
San Miguel
Reese
Mariquina San Francisco
Delmonte
Macabebes
Nickerson
Lieutenant Reese Wounded in Philippines Engagement
Carrollton Georgia March 28 Lieutenant Reese son of Colonel Oscar Reese and nephew of Congressman W C Adamson, aged twenty two, seriously wounded in the engagement with San Miguel's force in the Philippines. He previously served in the Second Georgia regiment during the Spanish American War.
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Carrollton, Ga
Liieutenant Reese
San Miguel
Philippines
Oscar Reese
W. C. Adamson
Georgia
Irish Rioters Batter New Star Theater Crowd
About 200 irate Irishmen at the New Star theater in New York pelted performers of McFadden Row of Flats with rotten eggs and fruit after a long campaign against the play. Over 2000 in attendance caused an uproar as actors fled the stage and a policeman quenched a burning rag amid the disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Highwayman Hanged in Birmingham Alabama
Will Dorsey a colored man was hanged at 11:59 Friday for highway robbery in Birmingham marking the first use of the death penalty for that crime in Alabama. Convicted for entering mine operator David McNamara's home near Pratt Mines and shooting him, Dorsey admitted complicity though claimed another man did the shooting. McNamara was badly wounded but recovered.
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Birmingham
Ala
Will Dorsey
Dorsey
David McNamara
Pratt Mines
McNamara
Dea
Report Confirms San Miguel Killing Case
Manila reports on March 28 confirm the killing of San Miguel, detailing official findings and ongoing investigation into the incident.
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Manila
San Miguel
Notable deaths and local developments reported
Frank P. Reilley was found dead at Waco. Four cases of a Cotton Belt freight train were crushed near Pittsburg, Tex. Near Davis, a depots of iron said to be be of the richest kind has been found in a mountain. The war department will permit a few military companies to be organized in the Indian Territory. Four hundred acres of cantaloupes will be planted by truck growers around Stephenville, Tex. James Harrison purchased for $40,000 cash the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank building at Fort Worth. "Joe Bailey" the fat steer sold at Fort Worth for 15 cents a pound brought $599 at San Antonio.
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Davis
War Department
Indian Territory
Stephenville
Tex
James Harrison
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Fort Worth
Joe Bailey
San Antonio
Cows Beso Flood Cracks Widen In Mississippi
The crevasse at LaGrange south of Greenville, Mississippi, widened to about 400 yards as flood waters pour through. Reports of deaths lack confirmation while livestock losses mount. Levees along Washington street hold back waters as convicts and volunteers work. electric plants submerged leaving the city in darkness.
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Greenville
Miss
LaGrange
Washington Street
Fish Lake
Black Bayou
Bogue
Philiah
Sunflower River
Deer Creek
Washington
Sharkey
Isquemna
Yazoo
Warren
Yazoo River
Isaquenna
Arkansas
Rescues from Roofs as Mississippi Flood Spreads
A Greenville Mississippi dispatch reports widespread flooding with only six blocks above water in the city. Rescue parties pull residents from submerged cabins and plantations near LaGrange as water surrounds electric plants. Hundreds of Black residents are evacuated to Greenville amid cattle moved to surrounding plantations. News of a threatened levee breach at Catfish Point adds to gloom as business halts.
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New Orleans
Greenville
Miss
LaGrange
Catfish Point
Break at Hymelia causes river rise and flood damage
In New Orleans on March 28 a one tenth foot drop in the river is attributed to a break at Hymelia. Lumber delays slow crib-building, several plantations flood, and Texas and Pacific Railway traffic is disrupted as tracks flood. A brief rain hail storm caused little damage while efforts to save Hope levee continue on the east bank in Pontchartrain.
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New Orleans
Hymelia
Texas and Pacific Railway
Hope Levee
Hope
Pontchatrain
Body of General MacDonald to be sent to Scotland
Paris reports a conference at the British embassy with officials and Major General Sir Hector MacDonald’s family. A statement says the body will be moved to Scotland with the strictest privacy requested and observed.
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MacDonald
Scotland
Paris
Sir Hector
Hector MacDonald MacDonald
Hotel Regina
Scottish Rite Masons End 11th Annual Reunion in Buffalo
The elev enth annual reunion of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons concluded with a banquet in Buffalo N Y Covers were laid for 400 Colonel Francis Ward acted as toastmaster The thirty second degree sublime Prince of the Royal Secret was conferred upon seventy five candidates.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Francis Ward
Child Drowned Found In Water Pool
The body of a child about a year old is found in a pool of water over two feet deep, wrapped in a blanket and submerged for about twenty four hours. Police work to identify the victim continues as investigators review local leads in Muskogee Oklahoma.
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Muskogee
Mare
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Nabors
Ant Undertakers
Parsons Bottling Works
C. G. Parsons
Bryan, Texas
Crown Cork System
Hutchinson
Landreth
Haswell
Jeff
D. Franklin
Buchanan’s
DeWitt
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Dr. N. mM
McDouga
Central Texas
Pritchard
Oak Cliff Bill
Cupid
Alabama
Frank P. Reilley
Waco
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