Haste of the Week Reveals Broad Losses and Political Moves
Four killed in a tenement fire in Brooklyn. Sehar Koch & Co. fails in Chicago with 65000 dollars. Iowa Elevator Co. destroyed in Peoria with 200000 dollars loss. Oregon Washington governors eye trans Miss congress in Salt Lake City for July 1911. Bryson named president of the congress.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Sehar, Koch & Co
Chicago
Iowa Elevator Company
Peoria
Etoff
Kruger
Queen Victoria
Dedication of Ulysses S Grant Tomb in New York
The nation marks the Grant tomb dedication with a vast crowd and solemn ceremony. President stands bareheaded as crowds, officials, and veterans honor the Civil War hero. The event unites North and South in tribute, ending a long period of mourning.
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New York
United States
Ulysses S Grant
Grant
Monument
Porter
Cleveland
Strong
Greece on verge of revolution as Ralli revelations spark protests
Athens reports rising popular anger over ex-Minister Ralli disclosures. mass meetings erupt in Constitution Square while 500 volunteers seize weapons in front of Ralli residence. Deputies pause session. king meets opposition leaders urging calm and a new ministry via legislative vote.
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Athens
Ralli
Constitution
Greece
M. Ralli
Royal Palace
Legislative Assembly
M. Staloudis
Floods Rise on Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
Floods push water to danger height above St Louis with thousands of acres of farm land inundated on both banks. Crops drowned and livestock lost as Weather Bureau reports continued rise on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Clinvis
Moiesissippi Cave
Weather Bureau
Three Die as City Car Plunges Into Slough
A Portland streetcar on East Morrison Street jumped the track and plunged into a water-filled slough after a brake failure and broken axle. Conductor Guthrie and motorman Kieffer among twenty-one aboard. three killed and many injured, firemen rescuing passengers from the half-submerged car.
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Fighteen
Portland
East Morrrison Street
City & Suburban Line
Mount Tabor
West Side
Stephen Guthrie
John G. Kieffer
Guthrie
Sunnyside
East Ninth Street
Kieffer
Flood at Ottumwa Swallows Levees and Towns
The Des Moines river rose rapidly on April 28 after a sudden flood, flooding Ottumwa and suburbs. Five thousand residents in South Ottumwa fled, rail lines and bridges were inundated, and trains halted or rerouted. No deaths reported though property damage looms. widespread inundation affects farms, Bradyville, and West Ottumwa as crews race to shore up defenses.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Bradyville
South Ottumwa
Fairview
Iowa
Burlington
Chicago
Denver
Galesburg & St. Louis
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Omaha
Rock Island
Wabash
West Ottumwa
Growth noted across neighboring states and court actions in Oregon
Reports highlight steady growth in all neighboring states, a new Coquille City courthouse contract for 911 625, and county finances across Crook Lake Klamath and Wallowa. Measles affect in The Dalles, Ashland ordinance restricting minors from nickel slot machines, and court session in Benton without a jury.
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Coquille City
Circuit Court
Benton County
J. F. Nowlen Hant
Umatilla County
River levels rise and fall along the Mississippi and Missouri
The report from 8&J Louis Missouri river townships shows the Mississippi river declining at St Louis while rising at Keokuk and other points. Kansas City and Boonville see notable increases and the river spreads eight to ten miles wide near Quincy. Levees withstand a foot or two more, but interior water rising near the banks threatens flood risk.
Memphis Relief Work Ends Camp Congo Closure
The Memphis flood relief committee with the war department ordered the formal closing of Camp Congo, the refugee home established earlier in the overflow season. Planters were notified to arrange transportation for farmhands immediately as no further rations would be issued.
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Memphis
War Department
Congo
Hannibal Flood Reaches Near Danger Level
A Hannibal dispatch reports rising flood conditions with the government gauge at eighteen feet eleven inches at 10 am, about two feet above danger. Water covers Fros street and cellars on Main Street flood.
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St. Louis
Hannibal
Northwestern bridge over Kaw damaged by drift wood
One span of the Northwestern railroad bridge across the Kansas River at Kansas City has been forced out of plumb by a large mass of drift wood. No injuries are reported and officials assess the damage. The incident occurred in April, prompting inspections and temporary measures to safeguard the crossing.
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Newton Hanson
Katherine Baillie
Sue
Blanchard
Ite
Kansas City
Northwestern Railroad
Floods threaten Winnipeg as Red River rises rapidly
The Red River flood worsens in Winnipeg and surrounding towns with water heights surpassing thirty year levels. Emerson and St John are submerged under four feet, residents shelter in barns or upper floors, rail lines are blocked, and communications are cut off as the city braces for more inundation within a day.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Emerson
St. John
Dakota Boundary Line
Farmland Plans and Regional Updates Across Washington State
A Columbia river rancher will plant forty acres to peanuts and sweet potatoes this spring. Work will begin on a larger stockyards on the Northern Pacific at Garfield. Prosser hosts arriving sheepherders with an expected 20 000 sheep to be shorn this season. Prospectors flood Okanogan Methow and Reservation districts through Wilbur. A North Yakima cattleman sold cattle to Seattle at 42 dollars per head for 798 dollars total. A bicyclist set Olympia to Tacoma record in 1 hour 58 minutes. Dairy cows in Kittitas county required 140 days of winter feed versus 90 days usual. Tacoma hosts rose carnival July 1 2 and 8 with a water pageant. Fire clay from Silver Lake Castle Rock tested good for brick and pottery. Cheney ministers discuss forming a local union for united work. Walla Walla cattlemen seek beef stock. remaining cattle improving toward May 1 shipments. Walla Walla city council eyes an ordinance on street meetings without mayor permits. third reading advances possibility of passage.
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Coos Couunty
Klamath County
Crook County
Lake County
Dalles
Union Street
Ashland
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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Houston & Texas Central
St. Johns
N. B
N. Barrie, Son & Co
Norfolk
Philippine Islands
Hansard Union of Printers and Blishers
London
Leadville
Col
Miance Committee
Senate
Nevada
Valiant
Pierre
St. Malo
Miquelon
John’s
N. F
Th Ie
Oregon
Congress
H.B. Miller
Erote Agricultural College
Corvallis
Ger“te
Oregon National Guard
Allan J. Walker
Lord
The
Boundary Commission
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Commission
State Department
Coulee City
Wash
Griff Jones
Charles Beecher
Ray Weston
Gerad Creek
Rocky Ford
Jones
Weston
Decter
John N. Stamm
Walla Walla Barracks
Stemm
Washington
Salt Lake City
W. J. Brysan
Gant
TOMS
East Side
Dee Moinee
Brief Pacific
Goast
Northwest
Lindley
of &Eon County
Pater
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