Flood Devastates Austin Texas Destroys Dam
A massive Texas flood devastates Austin with a one mile wide river bursting its banks. Officials report thirty to forty deaths and extensive property loss across the city and tributary regions as the Colorado river dam fails and the power plant is submerged.
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Austin
Texas
Johnstown
Colorado River
Theolorado River
Ile
Colorado
Williameounty
Coloo
Asio- Press
Thal
South Texas
Garrote Debate Over Porto Rico Executions
Washington officials discuss the planned garrote executions of five Porto Rican murderers at Ponce. The governor and war department exchange concerns but refrain from action to avoid inflaming local tensions and respect island legal customs.
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Washington
Ponce
Davis
Porto Rico
War Department
War Department designates batteries at southern sea coast
The War Department assigns historical names to new coastal defenses. Southern points include Port Royal 8 C on St Helena Fort Dement Savannah harbor Georgia Fort Screven Battery Habersham Battery Brumby Key West Fort Taylor Battery DeLeon Battery Osceola Battery Seminole Tampa Bay Egmont Key Fort Dade Mullet Key Fort De Soto Pensacola Bay Fort Pickens Battery Worth Battery Calion Mobile Bay Fort Morgan Battery Dearborn Battery Bower.
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War Department
Sea Coast
Port Royal
8. C
St. Helena
Fort Dement
Savannah Harbor
Georgia
Fort Screven
Epidemic of personal crisis reports among U S troops
The New York World cites 83 personal crisis reports in the U S Army from May 1, 1899, to April 1, 1900, nearly all due to insanity. About 1,000 soldiers were shipped to the Washington insane asylum from Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines, with about 90 percent from the Philippines. Since December 1 there have been 29 reports there, all due to inanity.
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New York World
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
Military Insane Asylum
Washington
Blocked Boer resolution stalls on House floor
On a Saturday session the House faced a resolution praising South Africa’s republics. Mr Payne objected as Mr Richardson sought unanimous consent for its consideration. Payne proposed sending the resolution to the foreign affairs committee, ending the immediate discussion.
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Payne
House
Richardson
Tennessee
South Africa
Committee On Foreign Affairs
New York
Mr. Richardson
Mr. Payne
Boer Prisoners Escape From Simonstown Jail
A Saturday escape at Simonstown saw fourteen Boer prisoners break free. In the melee one inmate was killed and another wounded. one man recaptured and about fourteen remain at large.
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Simonstown
General Otis Relieved of Philippine Command
General Otis has been formally relieved of command of all United States forces in the Philippines and of the Eighth Army Corps. He is scheduled to return to the United States this month.
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Otis
United States
Philippines
Eighth Army Corps
Democrats Welcome Kentucky Court of Appeals Decision
In Washington Kentucky Democrats celebrate a court ruling they argued upheld Beckham's seat. The Kentucky Court of Appeals sided with Democratic contentions and aligned with two Republican judges on key points, delivering a notable endorsement for the party.
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Kentucky
Court Rules In Goebel Becomes Governor Case
Kentucky Court of Appeals sustains Field verdict declaring legislative action final in Goebel Beckham governorship dispute. Seven-judge opinions split with Durelle dissenting. majority faulted London adjournment and legislature journals as regular. Governor Taylor denounces persecution by newspapers and asserts innocence.
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Court of Appeals
State of
Kentucky
Field
William Goebel
J. OC. W. Beckham
London
General Assembly
Durelle
Hobson
Guffy
Burnam
Taylor
Marshall
Bradley
United States Supreme Court
Frankfort
Goebel
Republics Plan Union of Transvaal and Free State
Reports from Pretoria say a scheme for amalgamating the Transvaal and Free State is arranged Kruger would become federation head and commandant general of the Boer army The flag would match the Transvaal flag with an added orange stripe.
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Transvaal
Free State
Pretoria
Transval
Kruger
Fengo
Cleveland Machinists Strike Begins Thursday Morning
The machinists in Cleveland Ohio initiated a strike on Thursday morning with an estimated 1500 to 2000 workers off the job. The action affects major plants and could disrupt local manufacturing operations.
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Cleveland
Boers Capture Five British Companies Near Bethany
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts confirms five companies of British troops including three Royal Irish Fusiliers and two Ninth Regiment mounted infantry were surrounded near Reddersburg east of Bethany. Detachment fought April 3 to 4, surrendered, then Gatacre and Cameron Highlanders moved to assist but found no news of the missing unit. Cabinet irritation follows delays toward Pretoria.
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London
Lord Roberts
Bethany
War Office
Boormronten
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Ninth Regiment of Mounted Infantry
Reddersburg
Dublin
Associated Press
Pretoria
Judge Browns Defense on Georgia Warrant Refusal
United States District Judge Brown in New York defended his decision to refuse a bench warrant for the removal to Georgia of B. D. Greene J. F. E. H. and W. T. Gaynor, indicted in Savannah over Carter frauds. He said southern anger stems from wish to bring them to trial where witnesses are present.
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United States
Brown
New York
Georgia
B. D. Greene
J. F
E. H
W. T. Gaynor
Savannah
Carter
Southern Railway Secures Air Line Bonds in Boston Deal
The Southern Railway becomes owner of the Air-Line road through a Boston deal I the first mortgage bonds totaling 2 000 000. A bondholders telegram from Louisville confirms the offer accepted by local bondholders who control a majority.
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The
Southern Railway
Boston
Louisville
Southern
Secret Dewey bid linked to Washington planners
Washington correspondent outlines a Dewey presidential bid organized by Colonel Hugh Wallace ex Secretary William C Whitney and Daniel Lamont. Plans aimed to disrupt Bryan democracy and influence the Kansas City convention while weighing Dewey's ability to run independently if McKinley split loyalists and public reaction favors him.
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Dewey
Hugh ©. Wallace
State of Washington
William C. Whitney
Daniel Lamont
Whitney
New York
Bryan
Wallace
Kansas City
McKinley
Lamont
Mra
Four Atlanta Building and Loan Firms Pay Back Taxes
An Atlanta dispatch reports four building and loan associations settled with the state and Fulton county for back taxes totaling about forty thousand dollars. Southern Home 16000, National Railway 9000, Atlanta National 12000, Interstate 3000. The larger claim from the supreme court ruling exceeded 200000, but a conference ended in a reduced settlement.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Dispatch
Fulton County
Southern Home
National Railway
Atlanta National
Interstate
Supreme Court
Association
Judge Brawley Denies Dewey Presidential Announcement Aid
United States District Judge Brawley of Charleston rejects claims that he assisted in engineering Admiral Dewey's presidential announcement. He cites no involvement by himself or associates Gorman Whitney McLean and others. The denial counters allegations from New York sources.
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New York
United States
Brawley
Charleston
Gorman
Whitney
McLean
Admiral Dewey
Stevens Makes Final Appeal To Georgia Cotton Growers
Commissioner O. B. Stevens urged Georgia farmers in an April address issued by the state department of agriculture to avoid overplanting. He warned that the month's end will determine the state’s cotton acreage and a fair world crop estimate should emerge.
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Georgia
State Department of Agriculture
O. B. Stevens
Fire destroys auditorium in Kansas City amid July convention plans
The convention hall in Kansas City burned in about 90 minutes on a Wednesday afternoon, destroying the hall and adjacent properties including a church and school. Donations and plans rose to rebuild with $150,000 in insurance and pledges, while labor tensions surfaced as 10,000 gathered and police struggled to keep peace.
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Kansas City
Second Presbyterian Church
Lathrop
Central Street
Twelfth Street
Convention Hall
Williamson
Commercial Club
Clendenning
Hall Association
St. Thomas
Santiago Iglesias
New York
United States
Conway Sets 83700 Cms Of Type In Eight Hours
Weyman Starr Conway a Mergenthaler linotype operator in The Atlanta Journal composing room set and corrected 83700 cms of type in eight hours. Previously manual typesetting allowed only around 1000 cms per hour, highlighting Conway's feat with the linotype invention.
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Weyman Starr Conway
Mergenthaler
Atlanta Journal
Otto Mergenthaler
Conway
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