Wind and Water Touch Illinois Cities and Missouri Train Wreck
A storm lashed Arkans as City and surrounding districts with eight to twelve feet of floodwater and a damaging tornado in Galena Illinois. Catholic and negro churches suffered, while homes flooded. damage around two thousand dollars. A Wabash Mail train derailed near St Charles Missouri injuring several passengers but no deaths reported. Government relief boats and barges moved people and goods to safety on both sides of the Mississippi River. Captain Tollinger coordinated resettlement using the compress building as a shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Ciry
Ark
Crooked Bayou
R. M. Graham
R. A. Speed
Captain Tollinger
Mississippi
Offut
Huntington
Arkansas
Prairies
Illinois
Galena
Ill
Urbana
Monmouth
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Round House
St. Louis
Wabash
St. Charles
Unhappy Russia: Universities Closed and Dissatisfaction Grows
Reports from St. Petersburg say the Czar suffers a nervous fever and disaffection rises as all Russian universities are closed. Students defend grievances as education sparks unrest and even sang God Preserve the Czar. The Czar plans to shut higher public schools for a year amid fears of wider discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Finland
Russia
St. Petersburg University
Gresser
Technological Institute
Connell Will Allocates Most Income to Widow
The late Thomas Connell's will from Rich Man's Wil New York assigns 90 percent of estate income to the widow for life, with 10 percent added to the principal. Upon the widow's death the income is shared equally by her two married daughters, then their children inherit. The estate valued about five million dollars includes a $30,000 burial vault provision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronpout
N. Y
Thomas Connell
Levee Breach Threatens Inundation Near Basror Louisiana
Information from Basror Louisiana dated April 4 reports the Bongdee levee twelve miles east of town has broken. Floodwaters in Bayou Bartholomew approach the highest level, raising fear that the lower parish will be inundated soon.
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Basror
Bongdee
Bayou Bartholhome
Soda Fountain Maker Cuts Hours for 450 Workers
Boston April 4 J W Tuffis a soda water fountain maker informs 450 workers that starting June 1 the work day will shrink from ten to nine hours with no wage reduction and extra time will be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
J. W. Tuffis
Bishop Bowman confronts Des Moines Evangelical Conference
In Des Moines on April 4 Bishop Bowman of the Evangelical Alliance challenged the conference deeding Rev. E. B. Utt as presiding officer. He claimed legal exoneration on charges from Chicago. The conference elected Utt. Bowman left with supporters to a separate room as the main meeting continued in secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Conference
Des Moines
Iowa
Bowman
The
Evangelical Alliance
Chicago
E. B. Utt
Utt
D. H. Cooker
House Passes Quorum Test on Idaho Admission Bill
In Washington on April 4 the Senate resumed the Montana election case after talks and adjourned to Monday. The House debated a census bill on Chinese population and adjourned to Saturday. A bill amending articles of war and two other measures passed. Idaho Admission bill advanced with 129 yeas to one, Democrats delaying votes. The Speaker counted a quorum and declared passage, sparking a pledge to test the Speaker’s quorum authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Montana
Lodge
Mass
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Idaho
Perkins
Kan
W C T U Raids Kingman Liquor Outlets In Street Bust
In Kingman Kansas on April 4 the W C T U led by President Mrs Harris conducted a raid on three liquor outlets. They confiscated liquids and emptied them into the gutter amid public shouts. Court warrants were sought but delayed by other business. The next proceedings are expected to be of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Lathrop
Kingman
Harris
Thurber shooting ends in deputy death of miner
In Thurber Palo Pinto County Pat Singleton deputy sheriff fatally shot Gus Foster a Black miner after Foster grabbed his throat during a quarrel. Foster died after the ball pierced his body and lodged in a wall. Town fears a Black uprising amid unrest.
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Strawn
Tex
Thurber
Palo Pinto County
Pat Singleton
Gus Foster
Foster
Singleton
Chleboard Sentenced In Kansas Murder Case
In Attwoop Kansas Grocian Chleboard was found guilty of second degree murder for the December murder of his young brother by strychnine. His wife was acquitted. A State University professor testified to strychnine in the victim’s stomach. Judge Bertram sentenced Chleboard to fifty years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chleboard
Attwoop
Kan
Grocian Chleboard
Gracian Chleboard
Prof
Bailey
The
State University
Strychnine
Bertram
Bartholomew to be hanged next Tuesday in Easton
Brimstone Proof from Easton Pennsylvania reports Bartholomew facing execution with a minister's vow to pray and preach on the day of the death. The minister plans to go to school and handle his own prayers and preaching, promising to curse his accusers and swear to the end as the hanging approaches next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
Bartholomew
Czar Abandons Poland Visit After Train Wreck Plot Found
Beruny April 4 reports the Czar planned excursion to Poland was halted after a plot to wreck his train was discovered. The warning led to abandonment of the trip and heightened security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beruny
Poland
Sultan Captures Dhow With Twelve Enslaved Porters Off Zanzibar
A British warship Sultan captured a dhow near Zanzibar carrying twelve enslaved Wangamanese porters. Separately, the Joliot Illinois quarrymen ended their strike with a victory for the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Joliot, Ill
Assault Actor Faces Trial In Vitriol Case In New York
Thomas Curran, a truckman, testified in Jefferson Market Court about an attack by Lawrence Ahearn and John Rooney with a caustic substance on his face after a night in saloons near Tenth Avenue. Curran's injuries, including possible blindness, were treated at New York Hospital. Ahearn and Rooney posted bail. McNulty, alias Ginger, fled the city.
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New York
Thomas Curran
West Seventeenth Street
Jefferson Market Court
Lawrence Ahearn
John Rooney
Curran
McNulty
Ginger
Tenth Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Ahearn
Rooney
Thomas Curry
Ahern
McNalty
Twentieth Street
The Popular Players Exhibition Games
Boston defeated Worcester 14 to 5 in the Worcester game before 3,500 fans. In Boston, Brooklyn won 9 to 2 as 5,000 spectators filled the grounds and 10,000 more were turned away. Captain Kelly led officers to clear space for play.
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Boston
Brooklyn
Worcester
New Brotherhood
Kelly
Missouri Press Association to hold Hannibal meeting
The Missouri State Press Association executive committee met at the Laclede Hotel and voted to hold the annual meeting in Hannibal on August 19 with Mark Twain invited to speak. A post meeting excursion will run to St Paul Helena Yellowstone Park Salt Lake City and Denver at about sixty dollars.
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Missouri Press Association
St. Louis
Missouri State Press Association
Laclede Hotel
Hannibal
Mark Twain
St. Paul
Helena
Yellowstone Park
Salt Lake City
Denver
Beatified Brokers Jubilant Over NYC Quotation Shift
New York traders cheer St Louis Board of Trade decision to use New York market quotations instead of Chicago prices. Broker L. N. Lake says Chicago Board of Trade quotation shutdown will double New York business. The pits show months of unprecedented activity.
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New York
Produce Exchange
St. Louis Board of Trade
Chicago
L. N. Lake
Chicago Board of Trade
Revolucion breaks out near Iguala Guerrero Mexico
The Diario Hogar reports a revolt near Iguala in Guerrero state. The local government is unpopular and unrest has begun in the region as the capital city of Mexico notes the event.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Diario Hogar
Iguala
Guerrero
Dairymen Hear Experts At Kansas Meeting
Kansas State Dairy Association met in Abilene for a two day session led by J. E. Nisley. F. H. Hill served as president pro tem with reports on Topeka and yearly progress. Lectures urged cleanliness and better breeding, noted Kansas butter quality, and discussed price trends and improved shipping.
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Abilene
Kan
Kansas State Dairy Association
J. E. Nisley
George Morgan
F. H. Hill
Kansas City
Topeka
F. C. Moses
New York
Kansas
J. H. Monrad
Chicago
H. M. Brandt
Hesston
Iowa
Missionary groups oppose Chinese Enumeration bill in New York
Representatives from the Board of Foreign Missions Presbyterian Church the American Board Episcopal Board American Baptist Missionary Union Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church American Bible Society Evangelical Alliance and Society of Friends met in New York to oppose the Chinese Enumeration bill now in the Senate. They warned it may violate treaty rights endanger missionaries in China and hinder their work while deciding on further action to be taken by each society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church
American Board (Congregational
Protestant Episcopal Board
The
American Baptist Missionary Union
the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
American Bible Society
Evangelical Alliance
Society of Friends
Presbyterian Foreign Missionary Board
Senate
China
Reform conference adopts Bible in public affairs platform
In Washington on April 4 the reform conference, aiming to bring religion into politics, endorses using Bible teachings in public affairs and adding the Supreme Being to the Constitution. The platform backs Blair Sunday Rest bill and measures against gambling, pool selling, and liquor. The group reports President Cleveland received them kindly but will not respond immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reform Conference
Local Banker Samuel Shy Dies in Wicuita at Age 92
Samuel Shy who framed a banking reform bill introduced by Senator Sherman and sparked much comment died in Wicuita Kansas yesterday. Born March 26 1812 in Bourbon County Kentucky he lived in Kentucky Illinois Texas before settling in Wicuita eight years ago.
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Wicuita
Kan
Samuel Shy
Sherman
Bourbon County
Kentucky
Edgar County
Illinois
Fort Worth
Tex
Town Vanishes as Steele's Bayou Rises Quickly
A telegraph from Mayorsville, Mississippi reports Steele's bayou overflow flooding the entire town and surrounding area. The rise is eighteen inches hourly with water over three feet deep in higher streets. Residents flee to gin houses for refuge as the flood worsens.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Mayorsville
Steele's Bayou
Three More Dead In Hudsonville Explosion Toll
Marshall Illinois reports three more men dead from the Hudsonville explosion on Tuesday. The deceased are A. B Hussong Alfred Hussong Ed Garrard Jack Ewing Sam Watson Johnson Winters. Perry Plew is not expected to live, while Will Harris and Henry Carpenter will recover.
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Marshall
Hudsonville
A. B Hussong
Alfred Hussong
Ed Garrard
Jack Ewing
Sam Watson
Johnson Winters
Perry Plew
Will Harris
Henry Carpenter
Alfred Elects Zack Mulhall Mayor in Unopposed Vote
Alfred Oklahoma voters chose Zack Mulhall as mayor in Tuesday’s unanimous election. Mulhall is a well known national figure, described as enterprising and influential, implying promising future prosperity for the city.
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Zack
Alfred
The French Murderer Arrest Claimed
Paris reports say Eyraud the murderer was arrested yesterday at Paso del Norte in Mexico with French police claiming official knowledge of the arrest.
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Paris
Eyraud
Paso del Norte
Mexico
Sought His Wife and Elopements Across the West
A Penned tale from Crawfordsville details Walter A. Anthony arriving to find his estranged wife Annie Cunningham now married to Fred Sishley and later to Will H. Griffith in Denver. Anthony, 150000 dollars rich, seeks reconciliation, then departs for Denver after learning of multiple marriages. Other items report injuries to conductor D. W. Ainsworth in Milwaukee and elopement killers in Memphis and Beauiette, plus a New York murder of a wife by Horace Smyler and a River Beaudette elopement tragedy.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Walter A. Anthony
Nutt House
Annie Cunningham
California
Virginia
England
Fred Sishley
Will H. Griffith
Denver
Col
Griffith
Anthony
West Market Street
Mrs. Anthony
Europe
Milwaukeer
Wis
D. W. Ainsworth
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Waukesha
Ile
Ainsworth
Passavant Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Annie Goldsby
Gibb Williams
Williams
Smyler
Seventh Avenue
River Beaudette
Que
Belanger
Powers
Austrian exhibitor arrives in Chicago for World’s Fair
B Ludwig of Vienna traveled east for pleasure before arriving at the Auditorium Hotel as the first European firm representative to reach Chicago for the World’s Fair. He came on his father’s orders to report on European exhibition prospects. In Denver two thieves stole nine diamonds and forty eight diamond rings from M G Mitchell’s jewelry store.
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Ludwig
Cutcaco
B. Ludwig
Vienna
Austria
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
M. G. Mitchell
Denver
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Ednesda Theta
Adolu
Ingrain
Portiere & Lace
Chillicothe, Missouri
Sherwin , Williams
N. J. Swetland & CO
Webster Street
Chillicothe
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