Breaches Save Towns as Mississippi Flood Surges East
Mississippi levees break along the eastern bank flood the delta counties from Bolivar to Yazoo. Greenvile refuge camps swell as plantations like Deerfield and Glen Mary drown stock while crews rush sandbags to shore up earthworks and prevent further breaches.
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Belmont
Hartford
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Deerfield
Greenville
Flood Crests Deluge Delta Near Memphis
A heavy rainfall and west gale intensify the flood crisis one hundred fifty miles below Memphis in the Mississippi delta. Four breaks let in streams as wide as the Ohio River at Cincinnati, causing a remarkable outflow and a drop of only a tenth at Vicksburg as the river nears its banks.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
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Arkansas
Helena
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Perthshire
Gunnison
Friar's Point
Greenville
United States Weather Bureau
Cairo
Vicksburg
Tenn
Mississippi Delta
Ohio River
Flood Covers Rosedale and Destroys Property
A widening crevasse at Sunnywild plantation half a mile wide threatens land as floodwaters reach Rosedale and inundate the town. Stock drown, property destroyed, and two miles of Yazoo and Mississippi Valley track washed away. Mayor Cohen seeks 300 government tents to shelter flood victims.
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Miss
Rosedale
Perthshire
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Yazoo &Mississippi Valley Railroad
Sunnywild Plantation
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Cohen
City of Columbus Steamer Sinks Near Columbia
Birmingham report says the City of Columbus, a large river steamer on the Chattahoochee, sank in thirty feet of water at Smiths Point near Columbia, Alabama after the pilot struck a rock. Passengers escaped in time. cargo mainly flour lost with about $30,000 in property damage.
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Birmingham
Ala
City of Columbus
Chattahoochee River
Smith's Point
Columbia
Tornado and hailstorm devastate Grady's Arkansas village
A tornado and hailstorm struck Grady's, twenty one miles south of Pine Bluff, killing four colored women and wounding several others including the station agent's wife. Nearly every building on Hall place was destroyed and the section house demolished. Large hail forced trainmen to seek shelter as trains ran late and telegraphic communication was severed.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Grady’s
Here
Hall Place
Family Drowns Crossing Flooded Cumberland River
News from Eddyvillle Ky reports William Flick his wife and their two children drowned last night when a skiff overturned while they tried to flee a flooded house on the Cumberland near Furnace in this county.
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Wm. Flick
Cumberland
Eddyvillee
William Flick
President signs aid to flood protection program
Washington dispatch states the President signed an act joint resolution providing $250,000 immediately for the protection of life and property from floods, enabling quick measures to mitigate flood dangers and safeguard communities.
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Washington
Electric cabs in Gotham
Electric Carriage and Wagon Company has started an electric cab system in New York City. Six horseless cabs are in operation at average eight miles per hour with top speed around twenty. Fare remains unchanged from the old cabs, and demand already exceeds supply.
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Commercial Tribune
New Yor
Electric Carriage and Wagon Company
Lee to Remain in Cuba as Consul General
State Department rejects any plan for a successor to General Lee as Havana Consul General. No leave of absence set for April 15 and no near-term changes expected. General Lee may be assisted by John R. Day of Canton, Ohio in the Ruiz case inquiry.
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State Department
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Havana
Lee
Ruiz
John R. Day
Canton
United States
Equity
Secretary of the Treasury
Hastings to donate Interlachen hotel for aged editors
George W Hastings, longtime editor and pioneer newspaperman, plans to donate his Interlachen Florida hotel built at a cost of 15000 dollars to be used as a National Home for Aged Editors. He notes local residents have added cash donations to the gift.
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George W. Hastings
Interlachen
Fla
Springfield
Kentucky Senate Deadlock Amid Ballot Stalemate in 1898
In Frankfort on March 31 the senatorial fight stalls after five ballots as Hunter leaders adjourn amid discouragement. Hunter vows to win, while Gold Democrats pursue schemes to back Goebel or Martin or Breckinridge. Senator Hissem asserts loyalty to Hunter unless he cannot win, and the House passes a judiciary salary reduction bill as the Senate attends to the A and M College bill and a gubernatorial proclamation on glanders.
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Tribune
Frankfort
Hunter
Commercial Tribune
Goebel
Henry L. Martin
Breckinridge
Hissem
Dr. Hunter
A Villa for the President at Narragansett Pier
Providence R I March 31 Is probable that President McKinley may spend his summer at Rhodes and Narragansett Pier is seen as the gathering place for enthusiasts. Prominent Pier owners with winter homes in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington discuss purchasing a prime villa to gift to the president for a period or by quitclaim deed. A decision is expected within days.
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Commercial Tribune
Providence
R. L
McKinley
Rhodes
Narragansett Pier
New York
Philadelphia
Timore
Washington
STOP HUNTING BODIES ARE WEDDED IN SECRET
In Charleston West Virginia Wiley Lewis confesses to bombing the Chesapeake and Ohio Bridge at Morris Creek and implicates Floyd Buster. Montgomery gang ties loom as three more bodies are believed buried in the old coal mine, with authorities seeking clues and reinforcements.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
Wiley Lewis
Chesapeake & Ohio
Morris Creek
Floyd Buster
Montgomery
Buster
Abando
Clark Lewis
Fayetteville
Judge Jewell Burial in Lexington KY
The funeral of Judge James R. Jewell was held this afternoon at Central Christian Church. He was buried with the honors of the God Fellows and the Elks, with participation by the police force, the Mayor, city officials, and City renoue. Bearers attended, including the Judge's wife and son, Yoder, who drowned in 1895.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Neral
James R. Jewel
Centralian Church
God Fellows
The
Elks
Jewell
Arabe
Yoder
Five Drink Sea Water Survivors From Ville de St Nazaire
The British steamer Maro rescued four survivors from the Ville de St Nazaire after it sank in a gale March 7 bound from New York to West Indian ports. Captain Paul Jaqueneau Chief Engineer Philippe Mariani and crewmen Herbert and Sacna were aboard the life boat which drifted until March 13 before rescue. Nine aboard included two colored men, a stewardess and others who died from sea water. The four survivors recovered fully aboard the Mare after generous care.
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Adams
Norfolk
Ville de St. Nazaire
New York
West Indian
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Philippe Mariani
Herbert
Sacna
St. Nazaire
Hetty Green Denies Foreclosure Move On Chicago Mortgages
Chicago reports an afternoon paper claims Hetty Green will initiate foreclosure of Chicago mortgages totaling 4 million dollars. Her son confirms the report, but she denies it. They arrived to oversee foreclosure suits involving prime business and residential property in the city.
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Chicago
Commercial Tribune
Hetty Green
Hetty
Couple Bound Over After Camden Marriage Disclosed
Four years after Robert McCaul and his wife settled in Greenfield a woman from Camden New Jersey arrived and had the couple arrested. She produced photographs and a marriage certificate showing she and McCaul wed in Camden in 1890. The pair were bound over to the court in 500 dollars bond, or jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenfield
Robert McCaul
Camden
N. J
McCaul
Boy Kills Friend Over Love in Tennessee Duel
Middlesboro Ky March 31 Matt Trent 18 killed Charles Brooks 17 in Claiborne County Tennessee over a woman. The two men once friends argued at the Burton House Meeing turned violent Trent drew a revolver firing twice hitting Brooks in the eyes then fled the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Middlesboro
Matt Trent
Charles Brooks
Claibourne County
Tenn
Trent
Brooks
Burton House
Senator James and Tyler in cloakroom scuffle in Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky Senator A D James Muhlenberg and Senate sergeant at arms Robert Tyler exchanged blows but friends intervened preventing a fight. The clash arose from a jest about Representative Violett and Hunter election outcomes. No further trouble is expected.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
A. D. James
Muhlenberg
Senate
Robert Tyler
Tyler
James
Violett
Hunter
Attempted train wreck near Greenville Kentucky
An early morning attack on a Southern Railway train near Greenville, Kentucky derailed the engine after two stones were placed on the track. The crew stopped the train 300 yards later with no serious injuries reported. This marks the second such attempt in the same area.
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Knoxville
Southern Railway
Greenville
Spain to send cruiser Maria Teresa for Grant memorial
MADRID March 31 In response to President McKinley invitation the Spanish government will send the cruiser Maria Teresa to represent the Queen Regent King and people of Spain at the dedication ceremony of the Grant mausoleum on April 27.
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McKinley
Maria Teresa
Spain
Domestic aided by son claims marriage to employer’s wife
In Kenton Ohio on March 31, Ella Wright, who had worked as a domestic for R. H. Knight of Foraker since October, was asked to leave after an offense. Her son Ralph intervened claiming the young woman had been his wife for six months.
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Ella Wright
R. H. Knight
Foraker
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Alien
Cells on wheels seven hundred convicts move by train
In Indianapolis on March 31 seven hundred convicts will be transferred by a specially prepared train from Jeffersonville Prison to the Michigan City Penitentiary. The coaches are described as cells on wheels in the historic transport plan.
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Indiana
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Jeffersonville
Michigan City Penitentiary
Man Seen Emerging From Whale On New York Shore
A bizarre incident in New York on March 31 reports a whale washed ashore. An insane man, his body adorned with diamonds, emerged from the carcass and repeatedly cried out Looflirpa. Observers described him as Aztec in appearance.
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New York
Isa bel Mary Murphy Death Ties To Local Kin
Lexington KY March 31 Miss Isa bel Mary Murphy a niece of Mrs Thomas W White and Miss Mary Geohagan of this city died sensationally in London. Her father Daniel Murphy previously a San Francisco millionaire engaged in the dry goods trade here 1852 54 in partnership with Thomas W White still a Lexington resident.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Isabel Mary Murphy
London
Thomas W. White
Mary Geohagan
Daniel Murphy
San Francisco
Youngest Mayor Elected in Lynchburg Ohio
At a special council meeting Harley Pulse was chosen to fill the mayoral vacancy after Wiggins resignation. Pulse is a few months past 21 and was admitted to the bar three weeks ago, making Lynchburg claim the state’s youngest mayor.
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Wiggins
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Mystery at Hanna House Leaves Two Dead in Indianapolis
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Frankie Davidson and Robert Edward Newby found in a Hanna House room. Davidson is dead and Newby dying. The affair is described as a mystery. Newby was resuscitated and arrested but refuses to speak.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Frankie Davidson
Robert Edward Newby
Hanna House
Newby
Lawrence Gregory Arrested for Watch Theft in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Ohio March 31 Lawrence Gregory a railroad man recently arrived from Covington was arrested this morning on a charge of stealing a watch from John Wertz. The incident facts show Gregory accused of taking the timepiece from Wertz prompting police to detain him for interrogation.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Lawrence Gregory
Covington
John Wertz
Deer Attack in Ohio Farm Stuns Jackson Area
Thomas W. Evans, a farmer ten miles northeast of Jackson, Ohio, found a doe in his barn. A large buck charged the stall, cattle panicked, and Evans climbed to shoot through a barn opening. He killed the deer and sold the venison in Jackson today.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Thomas W. Evans
Evans
Prison South No More Becomes Indiana Reformatory
Jeffersonville March 30 Senators Ellison Duncan Terhune and Captain Henry arrive as the new Board of Managers take charge. Tomorrow the transfer formalizes the change from State Prison South to the Indiana Reformatory with Warden Hert retained as General Superintendent. Federal prisoners to Columbus, Ohio, prison.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
T. E. Ellison
H. C. Duncan
D. J. Terhune
J. R. Henry
Indiana Reformatory
State Prison South
Hert
Columbus
Governor Bushnell Honors Requisition for Amos Riggs
Governor Bushnell today honored a requisition from Kentucky’s Governor Bradley for Amos Riggs, held at Batavia, sought in Maysville Ky for the killings of William R. Boyd and Mandeville Boyd.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus,co
Bushnell
Bradley
Kentucky
Amos Riggs
Batavia
Maysville
William R. Boyd
Mandeville Boyd
Chandler Tornado Routs City Ruins Killings and Destruction
Chandler Oklahoma lies in ruins after a sudden tornado. Twenty are dead and about 170 injured with many dying soon. Homes and businesses demolished, fires break out. city authorities and nearby towns rush aid as casualties mount and coffins become scarce.
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Ft. Reno
Guthrie
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