River Floods and Storms Hit Texas and Michigan Towns
The May 2 dispatches report rising Red River floodwaters at Gonzales and nearby locales with train service limited to Slayden as bridges wash away and crops damaged. Other Texas towns including Eagle Lake Granger San Marcos Luling and Bryan face high water and wind damage while Michigan’s Arnold is wiped out by forest fires.
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Gonzales
Tex
Aransas Pass
Slayden
Granger
Here
Frank Lee
San Marcos
Luling
Plum Creek
Menominee
Mich
Arnold
Swanson
Beira Matter Prompted Interpellation Debate In Lisbon
In Lisbon on May 2 the chamber of deputies narrowly rejected Deputy Costa’s request to interpellate the government over the Beira matter. Anxiety spread to small towns in Menominee county and along the Northwestern Wisconsin Michigan and Northern roads as the issue grows.
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Carbondale
Mich
Menominee County
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lisbon
Chamber of Deputies
Costa
First Debate On Interoceanic Canal Measure In Congress
Washington May 2 The House opened consideration of a measure to authorize building an interoceanic canal the first time in 50 years of advocacy Debate showed strong opposition from leaders like Burton Hitt and Cannon who argued it could violate the Clayton Bulwer treaty and delay the project by years and cost up to 50 million The bill was championed by Hepburn Levering Ransdell and Corliss with Fletcher the lone commerce committee dissenter
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Washington
House of Representatives
House
Burton
Ohio
River and Harbors Committee
Hitt
Illinois
Foreign Affairs Committee
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
Nicraguan
Shackleford
Missouri
Hepburn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Levering
Massachusetts
Ransdell
Louisiana
Corliss
Michigan
Fletcher
Minnesota
Commerce Committee
Crop Bulletin Describes Wet Week and Texas Flood Impact
Washington reports the weather bureau summary for the week ending April 30. Heavy rains and low temperatures hit the south, especially Texas, causing crop damage and replanting needs while corn wheat oats and cotton show varied progress across states. A panther attack near Van Horn, Texas is noted in further local bulletins.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pacific
Texas
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Cotton Belt
Arkrysas
Panthers, cattle clash in canyon amid fatal animal attack
A cattleman reports several big panthers killed nearby after a cow was found dead and the herd alarmed. The ground shows a fierce struggle. Five or six panthers have been slain in the area in two years.
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Here
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Houston
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PLGOD
Red River
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Throckmert
Throckmorton
Main Elm
Brazos
Mineral Wells
Palo Pinto
Dracle Lake
Eagle Lake
Realm
Henry King
Red River Bank
Gainesville
Bryan
Bryan, Tex
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Houston and Texas Central
Austin
A. D. McConnico
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Penn Mutual Life Insur
Ance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance
John Wittman
Reasona
Burt Norwood
Bryan, Texas
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Crop Bulletin
van Horn
Antee
THE
Bryan Grocery
Pal
St. Paul
Robert A. Smith
Exchange Hotel
American Laundry
Willis & Coleman
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Paul M. Baylor
James Drug Store
Phore
Brogdon’s
Trant’s
R. L. Brocdor
J. F. Parks
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