Happenings roundup reports fires wrecks and political notes
Four lives lost in a Brooklyn tenement fire. Sehar Kosh & Co. fails in Chicago for 65000. Peoria Iowa Elevator blaze causes 200000 damage. Lt Etoff acquitted of slander against Queen Victoria. Houston Texas Central train wreck kills one, injures several. Annie schooner crushed near St John s Newfoundland. 25 aboard escape. Burris Son banking firm fails in Norfolk. Philippine insurgents 250000 strong resist in the mountains. Hansard union pays 250000 of debt. Leadville mine owners raise 50000 for drainage. 750 men to work. Spanish tariff bill delays in senate. Nevada senator to amend. Valiant iceberg disaster near St Johns Newfoundland. 73 aboard, deaths and cannibalism details reported. Oregon delegation proposes H B Miller for German post. Oregon National Guard disbands Company G. Boundary commission papers on Mexico-U S border sent to Congress. Coulee City drowning and a shooting accident at Walla Walla. Trans Mississippi congress call for Salt Lake City July 14 15. W J Bryant named president of the congress.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Sehar, Kosh & Co
Chicago
Iowa Elevator Company
Peoria
Ill
Etoff
Kruger
Queen Victoria
Houston & Texas Central
Annie
St. Johns
N. B
N. Burris, Son & Co
Norfolk
Philippine Islands
Hansard Union of
London
Leadville
Col
Finance Committee
Senate
Nevada
Congress
Boundary Commission
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande River
Commission
State Department
Coulee City
Wash
Griff Jones
Charles Deeter
Ray Weston
Crab Creek
Rocky Ford
Jones
Weston
Deeter
John N. Stamm
Walla Walla Barracks
Manes
Gremm
Oregon
Washington
Salt Lake City
Mississippi
W. J. Bryta
Dedication of Grant Tomb Stirs Nation in New York
New York on April 29 witnessed a vast dedication ceremony for Ulysses S. Grant's tomb. Crowds packed the streets and oval grounds as a presidential party, ex-President Cleveland, and notable leaders paid tribute in a pageant of land and sea. The event united North and South in tribute to the fallen general and former president.
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New York
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Oval
Monument Oval
Porter
Cleveland
Strong
Three Die as Portland Streetcar Plunges Into Slough
A City & Suburban line car on East Morrison Street at Ninth crashed after axle failure, plunging into a water-filled slough. Conductor Stephen Guthrie and motorman John G. Kieffer were among the 21 aboard. three were killed and about eighteen injured as firemen and rescuers pulled passengers from the wreckage.
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Portland
East Morrrison Street
City & Suburban Line
Mount Tabor
West Side
Stephen Guthrie
John G. Kieffer
Guthrie
Sunnyside
East Ninth Street
Kieffer
Floods Swamp Ottumwa as Des Moines River Rises Rapidly
Des Moines River climbs fifteen inches from high-water mark since midnight devastating Ottumwa and surrounding areas. Five thousand residents in South Ottumwa and hundreds in Bradyville flee by boat as levees fail and roads vanish. Rail traffic halted. trains diverted or halted along multiple lines. water floods West Ottumwa and threatens reservoirs.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Bradyville
South Ottumwa
Fairview
Courthill
Iowa
Burlington
Chicago
Denver
Galesburg & St. Louis
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Omaha
Rock Island
Keokuk
Cliffland
Milwaukee & St. Paul
West Ottumwa
Greece Nearing Revolution as Ralli Revelations Roil Athens
Athens reports rising public anger over ex Minister Ralli on Greece campaign conduct. Mass meetings form in Constitution Square. 500 men arm with rifles and revolvers, march before M Ralli house, then disperse at the royal palace after a brief show of force. Parliament suspends session for lack of quorum as leaders press for a vote on a new ministry.
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Athens
Ralli
Constitution Square
Greece
M. Ralli
Royal Palace
Legislative Assembly
M. Kalli
M. Staloudis
Flood Threat Rises on Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
St Louis reports a dangerous rise on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers above the city. Thousands of acres of farmland have been inundated and crops destroyed as floodwaters advance. Weather bureau notes continued river rise.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Rise Amid Floods Across Regions
The Mississippi shows a morning decline at St Louis while Keokuk and nearby towns report a 1.6 foot rise, and the Missouri River also booms. Kansas City records a two foot advance in 48 hours, Boonville a half foot, and waters near Quincy flood lowlands eight to ten miles wide. Levees hold but internal surface water nears the banks top.
Memphis Relief Work Ends as Camp Congo Closes
Memphis flood relief ends with Camp Congo closed by relief committee and War Department. Planters ordered to send transport for farmhands immediately as no further rations will be issued. The closure follows the overflow season’s refugee aid efforts.
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Memphis
War Department
Congo
Flood Alarm Rises as Mississippi Surges in Hannibal
A Hannibal dispatch reports Mississippi River conditions worsening with the gauge at 18 feet 11 inches at 10 am, nearly two feet above danger. Water reaches Fron street and cellars on Main street are flooded.
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St. Louis
Hannibal
Northwestern bridge spans knocked out of plumb by debris
A damaged Kansas City report notes that one span of the Northwestern railroad bridge over the Kaw has been forced out of plumb by a large drift wood mass.
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Kansas City
Northwestern Railroad
Flood Threatens Winnipeg as Red River Rises
The Red river near Winnipeg is flooding at levels unseen in thirty years. Emerson and St. John towns between Winnipeg and the Dakota boundary are under four feet of water with residents living in barns or upper floors. Rail traffic is halted and communication is cut off to several points. Winnipeg fears water arrival within a day.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Emerson
St. John
Dakota Boundary Line
Courthouse Bid Sparks Debate as Oregon Counties Report Finances
A contract was let to build a new Coquille City courthouse for 11625. Crook county's liabilities March 31 stood at 35687 with resources 138548. Benton county circuit court finished a session without a jury trial for the first time in 25 years. Measles disrupts The Dalles schools. Ashland passes an ordinance restricting minors from gambling and nickel-in-the-slot machines.
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Coquille City
Crook County
Benton County
J. F. Nowlen
Umatilla County
Paulina
Wallowa County
D. B. Kidder
Baker City
Long Creek Valley
Grant County
Coos Couunty
Klamath County
Lake County
Dalles
Academy Park
Union Street
Ashland
Rural growth and races mark Yakima region notes
A Columbia river rancher plans forty acres of peanuts and sweet potatoes this spring while a larger stockyard is planned at Garfield on the Northern Pacific. Prosser sees 20 000 sheep sheared, and Wilbur sparks rush into Okanogan Methow and Reservation mining districts. A Yakima cattleman sold a carload at 42 a head totaling 798 to Seattle. A Olympia Tacoma bicycle record of 1 hour 58 minutes is set. Dairy cows in Kittitas county required 140 winter feed days. Tacoma hosts a rose carnival July 1 2 and 8 with a water pageant. Fire clay from Silver Lake Castle Rock tests good for brick and pottery use. Cheney ministers discuss forming a local union. Walla Walla cattle drive seeks beef cattle. remaining stock expected ready by May 1. Walla Walla city council advances an ordinance banning street meetings without mayor permit.
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Columbia River
Northern Pacific
Garfield
Prosser
Okanogan
Methow
Reservation
Wilbur
North Yakima
Seattle
Olympia
Tacoma
Kittitas County
Silver Lake
Castle Rock
Cheney
Walla Walla County
Walla Walla
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Valiant
Pierre
St. Malo
Miquelon
Grand Spanks
St. John’s
N. F
H. B. Miller
State Agricultural College
Corvallis
Gerany
Oregon National Guard
Allan J. Walker
Lord
Myrtle Point
Coos County
Walker
General Giant
East Side
Newton Hanson
Katherine Baile
Sue
Blanchard
Hoe
Des Moines River
BRIBE
Pacific Coast News
Northwest
Lindley
Jayson County
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