Climax Near in Kentucky Senate Race as Ballots Stall
In Frankfort on April 16 the Kentucky Senate fight to succeed Senator Blackburn remains unresolved after three ballots. Hunter leads 58 to 42 with hopeful calls for withdrawal rebuffed by Hunter who says he can still win. Democratic factions clash over Martin and Blackburn while calls for unity intensify amid mounting pressure and party discord.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
United States Senate
Blackburn
Hunter
Martin
Boyle
Stone
Lieberth
Capital
Dr. Hunter
Bradley
Bronston
Goebel
Legislative grind in Kentucky legislature April 16
Special Dispatch reports in Frankfort that both houses spent time on routine business. Highlands Camp–bell County town bill was killed for constitutional concerns cited by Senators Hissem, Goebel, and others. A bill to reduce the Assistant Adjutant General’s salary to one dollar yearly also died. Senator Hays proposed a stay of executions bill offering a two year debt credit and delaying attachments or judgments after July 1.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Senate
House
Highlands
Campbell County
Court of Appeals
Hissem
Goebel
Senator Hays
Louisville
School property control shift faces strong House vote
The assembly passed a bill to move management and sale of school property from the Council to the School Board which can levy taxes and issue bonds. Harmon and Grider led the opposition while Lieberth and Lyons supported the measure, 44 to 32, amid protests from Dayton Bellevue Ludlow and others.
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House
Harmon
Scott
Grider
Casey
Messrs. Lieberth and Lyons
Campbell
Dayton
Bellevue
Ludlow
Portsmouth Justice of Peace Candidate Files Frugal Expense Report
The Garfield law filing by J. R. Foster shows no spending and no earnings. Foster, who served twenty years as Justice of Peace, reports no purchases for livery whisky cigars or meals, citing attendance at events and returning to vote counts.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
J. R. Foster
Justice of Peace
Esas
Sore
Wayne County Grand Jury Targets Suit Club Gambling
Richmond Ind April 16 The Wayne County Grand Jury indicted Joseph Gats ek on twenty one counts Lubekeman Krone on five and Heins Murdock on twenty for conducting a raffle and a game of chance tied to suit clubs the action aims to end these operations.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Wayne County Grand Jury
Joseph Gatsek
Lubekeman & Krone
Heins & Murdock
Boston Common Games Go On Despite Aide Opposition
Thirty Boston boys went to City Hall to demand the right to play on Boston Common. Mayor Quincy was away but Private Secretary Mullen sent a note to Superintendent Doogue ordering games to be allowed. Within minutes several games resumed on the historic parade ground.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
City Hall
Quincy
Boston Common
West
South End
Back Bay
Doogue
General Gage
King George
Ewes Guard
Mullen
Explosion at Monarch Coal Mine Kills Two Men
An April explosion at Monarch Coal Company Mine near Madisonville Kentucky destroyed the airshaft house and fan machinery. Victims are Robert Carlton and Theo Stone two married men who handled the blasting duties. Miners searched to 260 feet but did not locate them until 11 p.m.
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Commercial Tribune
Madisonville
Monarch Coal Company
Robert Carlton
Theo
Stone
White
Carlton
Dauntless Cleared in Libel Case Over Filibustering Allegation
The Dauntless was cleared by Judge Locke in a libel suit over a January 3 filibustering claim from No Name Key. Owner W A Bisbee is vindicated and burdened suits against the Government for 50,000 dollars may proceed. Bisbee plans to sell the famous vessel to Savannah buyers.
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Commercial Tribune
Jacksonville
Fla
The
Dauntless
No Name Key
Locke
W. A. Bisbee
Bisbee
Savannah
Jackson couple wed despite irate father's chase
In TIFFIN Ohio on April 16 F F Fredericks and Miss Almay Cram obtained a marriage license in Probate Court and were wed by the mayor. An irate father arrived by telephone to stop the ceremony, but the couple caught an outgoing train and escaped.
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Commercial Tribune
Tiffin
F. F. Fredericks
Almay Cram
Jackson Township
Memory of Lincoln Death Observed in Springfield
Commemorative services for Abraham Lincoln held in Representatives' Hall Springfield with crowded attendance by Boringsale residents and General Assembly members marking the thirty-two years since his death.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Representatives’ Hall
Boringsalé
General Assembly
Prosperity Kept Alive as Toledo Street Car Workers Gain 10 Percent Pay Rise
TOLEDO O April 16 Republican prosperity struck the city with a ten percent wage increase for all street car employees in Toledo. The move signals stronger labor earnings amid local economic optimism and boosts urban transit morale.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo, O
Truce in City Streetcar War Amid Fares and Fights
The Indianapolis streetcar conflict eased as the company ordered conductors to take three cent fares. Fights erupted during enforcement with passengers ejecting staff and blocking cars. Grand jury indicted company officers for violating new law while General Harrison argued constitutional limits in Federal Court.
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Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Market
Illinois
Indiana Avenue
College Avenue
Illinois Street
Ohio
Washington
Showalter
Chicago
General Harrison
Kern
Prof Brookins Hanged in Georgia Execution
In Wadley Georgia on April 16 Prof Lovett Brookins a colored double murderer of Leila McCrary and Sanders Oliphant was executed. He faced the gallows without fear smoking cigarettes chatting with visitors and praying and singing before the drop.
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Commercial Tribune
Wadley
Lovett Brookins
Leila McCrary
Sanders Oliphant
Fate of Three Lepers Immured at Tracadie Lazaretto
Three lepers from Iceland, two men and a woman, arrived at Tracadie lazaretto in Gloucester County after being transported in a placarded freight car from Winnipeg. They entered Canada via Halifax or St Johns and learned of their illness midway across the continent. They will be immured at the lazaretto for life.
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Campbelltown
N. B
Iceland
Tracadie
Gloucester County
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Halifax
St. Johns
Baroness von Turkheim Arrives, Believes Baron Husband Genuine
Mrs Jeannie Young of San Francisco arrives in Detroit with five year old son and detective J N Stillwell. She asserts her marriage to a baron and expects him to arrive soon amid questions tied to the great Fair will case and Attorney D M Delmas.
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Mrs. von Turkheim
San Francisco
Detroit
Mich
von Turkheim
Jeannie Young
D. M. Delmas
Man and Wife Break Under Foreclosure Threat
In Cleveland on April 16 Julius Schwan, a laborer, followed his insane wife Louise to jail after she was overwhelmed by the threat of foreclosure on their home at 18 Mound Street. He mourned the loss of their little house purchased years ago on installment. The looming sale last Saturday triggered distress, and by Tuesday Louise became a raving maniac.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Julius Schwan
Louise
Schwan
Mound Street
Faybertte
Oliver Pike
Fayette
Chicago
Austin
Chicago & Northwestern
Redlands
Cal
Mrs. Tilton Buried in Greenwood Cemetery
Mrs. Theodore Tilton was laid to rest at Greenwood Cemetery after a funeral at her home. Malachi Taylor delivered the address as the procession followed the hearse, with most attendees being women and only two coaches accompanying the hearse carrying Mrs Tilton's children and close friends.
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New York
Theodore Tilton
Greenwood Cemetery
Malachi Taylor
Mwood
Bank Cashier Slain in Daylight Somersworth Bank Robbery
Two desperate robbers burst into the Great Falls National Bank of Somersworth New Hampshire during peak hours. Cashier Joseph A Stickney resisted the robbery, was struck down, and his throat cut. About $6,000 to $6,000 plus was stolen while $100,000 in U S bonds and other negotiable papers were left untouched. Police and deputies scour the area as details remain murky.
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Somersworth
N. H
Great Falls National Bank
Joseph A. Stickney
Stickney
United States
Maine
Salmon Falls River
Parker Swazey
Bank
Eatem
Padaras Freed After Turkish Refusal To Surrender
The U S Legation in Constantinople reports the release of Padaras, a naturalized American, who had been jailed in Mitylene since February 8 on homicide charges. Turkey argued his naturalization in 1869 voided expatriation rights, but Secretary Terrill secured his release by sending a legation secretary to Mitylene.
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Washington
United States
Legation
Constantinople
State Department
Padaras
Mitylené
Terrill
Brothers Take Poison in Greenland Tragedy
In Greenland near Fayetteville Arkansas, two boys aged 9 and 15, sons of Mr Hesson, killed themselves with strychnine while the parents were away in town. A farewell note asked their parents to join them in heaven. The parents found both children dead on returning home.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Hesson
Greenland
Indictments Fire Toll Gate Raid Case In Kentucky
Five men are jailed after six indictments in Jawrenceburg Kentucky as authorities crack down on tollgate raiders. Alonzo Casey Cabell McKee and John Warford are named with Burt Casey William Bond. Buckner McKee also indicted but not jailed. Cabell and Alonzo Casey posted bail. Warford misidentified. Buckner and Cabell McKee are wealthy locals. Jailer fears mob attack as grand jury acted after a three day session.
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Commercial Tribune
Jawrenceburg
Alonzo
Burt Casey
John Warford
Wm. Bond
Cahell McKee
Buckner
Alonzo Casey
Warford
Bond
Kinkton
Cabell
Buckner McKee
Centennial Exposition Sets National Event Days
Nashville April 16 The Centennial Exposition Executive Committee announces additional national event days including October 11 Vanderbilt Day with statue unveiling and Chauncey M Depew speech June 12 13 Epworth League Days June 16 M C A Day June 17 Knoxville Day June 10 Alabama Press Day May 13 Wilmington Day May 24 Kentucky Day Governor Bushnell invited to attend Ohio Day.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Chauncey M Depew
Knoxville
Alabama Press
Wilmington
N. C
Kentucky
Bushnell
Ohio
GIVES UP ITS DEAD Three Other Crimes Of The Mine
The Montgomery gang faced fresh scrutiny as John Cockran's body was recovered from the Kanawha River. Coroner confirms Cockran killed by blunt instrument, tossed after death. Wiley Lewis’s confession links Lloyd Buster and two others to Cockran death and to dynamiting an Ohio Railroad bridge. Three other gang murders remain unsolved with rival statements by participants.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Montgomery Gang
Kanawha
John Cockran
Montgomery
Lloyd Buster
Wiley Lewis
Cockran
Buster
A & Ohio
Roadside attack prompts local manhunt in Kentucky
Carlisle Kentucky reports a fishing trip ended in a roadside ambush as raiders commanded Worth Buck Kenny and Harrison McCarthy to halt. They were wounded by a bareknuckle test and their gate was destroyed. Locals organize efforts to pursue the attackers.
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Carlisle
Messrs. Worth
Buck Kenny
Harrison McCarthy
Licking River
Pi Rene Gag
Myers
Railroad Explosion Kills Two at Osborn
Locomotive 229 of the Big Four freight exploded near Osborn at 4 10 PM while coupling. Engineer John Hutchins of Elmwood and Fireman Harry Dailey died soon after at St Elizabeth's Hospital. Brakeman Harry Daily severely injured and died later. Fireman Fegan of Columbus and Brakeman Dailey among the injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Osborn
John Hutchins
Elmwood
John Fegan
Frertan
Hutchins
Fegan
Harry Dailey
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Fatal buggy ride murders shock Sacketts Harbor
George Allen drove Mrs. Wilber Crouch and May Daily on a buggy night ride. The rig was found with the two women dead and Allen fatally wounded. He claims Wilber Crouch fired, killing the women and wounding him. Crouch is under arrest and denies the murders.
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Commercial Tribune
Sackett’s Harbor
N. Y
George Allen
Wilber Crouch
May
Allen
Crouch
Girl voter arrest raises age voting dispute in Ohio West Virginia
Theresa Welch 18, daughter of James M. Welch of Proctorville Ohio, was arrested in Huntington on voting illegally at a school election Tuesday. Officials contend she was not entitled to vote due to age though Ohio grants majority at 18 for women. Case heads to Supreme Court with top legal defense.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Theresa Welch
James M. Welch
Proctorville
Ohio
Miss Welch
Supreme Court
Girl Burned To Death In Indianapolis Yard Tragedy
Indianapolis April 16 Special Dispatch Mrs James Bell left her 12 year old daughter Margret Bell at home briefly then returned to find the porch on fire and the girl burned to death. Witness John Steele across the street rushed to help as the blaze consumed the yard and the child.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Margaret Bell
South East Street
James Bell
John Steele
Spanish Withdraw Insurrection Claims Refuted by Cuban Contingent
Washington April 16. Reports claim Spain will begin withdrawing part of its Cuban army as the rainy season starts, sending 10 000 troops from Havana to Spain followed by 30 000. Spanish say insurrection nearly ended with Gomez's few followers. Cubans say Spain runs out of funds and will withdraw due to financial strain.
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Washington
Spain
Cuba
Havana
Gomez
Owings Wins Suit Over Leftover Primary Funds
H D Owings former sheriff candidate sued the Democratic County Committee treasurer for 3750 claiming his share of funds left after primary expenses. Judge Parker ruled for Owings and allowed all candidates from the last primary to file similar suits.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
H. D. Owings
Democratic County Committee
Physicians Assess Haas as Degenerate but Responsible
Dr. Carpenter formerly head of the Cleveland Insane Asylum examined murderer William Haas at the penitentiary in Columbus Ohio. He concluded Haas is a degenerate yet still aware of right and wrong, a finding that bears on his mental state.
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Willie Haas
Columbus
Br. Carpenter
Cleveland Insane Asylum
Cleveland City Hospital
Penitentiary
William Haas
Carpenter
Haas
Soldiers vs Civilians in County Jobs Test Law
Wayne County Commissioners must decide within thirty days whether to appoint Edmund Keyser, an old soldier, as janitor of the County Building or show cause for not doing so. The move follows an alternative writ from the Supreme Court after Keyser’s rival William Young, a civilian, was appointed last month.
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Keyser
Mystery of a Trunk Death Deepens in Ohio and California
Fayette Record receives a letter from Redlands California claiming Oliver Pike alive after a trunk death widely linked to the Austin trunk mystery. The missive recounts Pike living under an assumed name in Fresno Hanford Los Angeles and Redlands and seeks verification from friends and relatives.
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Austin
Fresno
Cal
Hanford
Los Angeles
Redlands
Puget Sound
Arry Price
Oliver Pike
Howe on trial for murder in Lacey case at Covington
April 16 report from Falmouth Kentucky says Johnston Howe is on trial for the murder of Charles T. Lacey a Harrison County policeman. Witnesses testified that Howe lured Lacey into a dark alley and killed him. The jail interview note implies safety concerns as Harrison County Negroes gather for protection.
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Commercial Tribune
Falmouth
Johnston Howe
Charles T. Lacey
Harrison County
Charles Lacey
Darky
Covington
Peary To Remain East
Secretary Long revoked Peary’s orders to move from New York Navy Yard to Mare Island California. The Arctic explorer remains stationed on the East Coast on duty at the New York yard.
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Washington
Long
Robert E. Peary
New York Navy Yard
Mare Island Yard
California
Train Crash Kills Husband as Wife In Critical Condition
Five miles west of Huntington Ohio Valley today a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train struck Charles Keenan and his wife who were walking on the tracks. Keen an died instantly and Mrs Keenan is reported dying. The couple were deaf mutes and well to do country people.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Here
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charles Keenan
Keenan
Lubing Coal Company Incorporation in Columbus
The Lubing Coal Company of Cincinnati was incorporated in Columbus today with $350000 capital stock. Founders listed are H D Emerson Alexander Murry Jr Samuel N Maxwell Milton Sater and John Corey.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Lubing Coal Company
Cincinnati
H. D. Emerson
Alexander Murry, Jr
Samuel N. Maxwell
Milton Sater
John Corey
Southern Building and Loan Association Placed in Receivership
Knox County Tennessee April 16 receivers named to wind up the Southern Building and Loan Association affairs at no cost to stockholders. Daniel A Carpenter and John W Gonner appointed receivers as claims must be filed by July 15. Judge Lindsay noted the insolvent status and potential move to U S Court by stockholders in other states.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Big Southern Building and Loan Association
Lindsay
Pekline
Aniel A. Carpenter
John W. Gonner
Major Carpenter
Knoxville
Conner
Chancery Court
United Staes Court
Condemned men take exercise at the Annex
The three condemned prisoners at the Annex walked for an hour of outdoor exercise. Haas strolled with Guard Bowman as usual, while Franz and Wiley walked together a short distance ahead, forming a light bond during the routine.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Annex
Haas
Bowman
Franz
Wiley
Peace Now Out of the Question Irregulars Force Turkey Hostilities
Irregular forces push Turkey toward military action claiming peace is off the table. Officials warn of rising tensions as factions demand decisive moves. Regional watchers monitor border rhetoric and potential triggers.
Greek Insurgents Capture Epirus Stir Fears Of War
The Times Athens correspondent warns Greece faces imminent conflict as leaders weigh costs while irregulars threaten Macedonia, and war effects loom. He notes the Greek nation feels compelled to duel to save its reputation despite opposition within the Turkish leadership.
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London
Larissa
Times
Athens
Macedonia
Porte
The
Greece
Constantinople
Seraskierat
Ministry of War
Gladstone Criticizes Despots Rule in Crete Crisis
In a letter from London dated April 16, Mr. Gladstone denounces the Crete situation. He accuses the British government of bowing to two youthful despots the German and Russian emperors and of arming and aiding to suppress Crete’s liberty under their control.
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London
Gladstone
Dampzes
Germany
Russia
Crete
Europe
Fighting in Macedonia Greeks capture Kritudes from Turks
Irregular Greek forces advancing from Pigavitza captured Litovon and moved toward Kritudes Plisia and Kourduzi with orders to hold Kourduzi. Chiefs Zermos and Luzzo led the assault on Kritudes, defended by two Turkish companies, and the Greeks took 80 Turks prisoner 25 captured and seized 150 rifles and cartridges.
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Associated Press
Larissa
Thessaly
Macedonia
Pigavitza
Litovon
Kritudes
Plisia
Kourduzi
Grevena
Zermos
Luzzo
Turks Capture Insurgent Who Reveals Army Secret
ELASSONA April 15 AP reports a prisoner captured by Turkish forces at Krania with Greek irregulars. The prisoner says the expedition was organized by Greek regular army officers and ordered to invade Turkey and fight Turkish troops while sparing villagers.
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Associated Press
Elassona
Macedonia
Krania
Turkey
Insurgents Enter Epirus Reported by Athens Dispatch
A force of Greek insurgents is reported to have entered Epirus. A dispatch from Trikhala indicates Colonel Ciprinani, the Italian leader, has disbanded the Italian legion raised to assist the Greeks against the Turks.
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Athens
Epirus
Trikhala
Ciprinani
Insurgents attacked Animbali blockhouse. Turkish ships shell insurgents
In CANEA on April 16 the insurgents attacked the Animbali blockhouse near Fort Szeddin. There was heavy firing Thursday night and Turkish warships in Suda Bay shelled the insurgents.
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Canea
Animbali Blockh
Nse Pees
Szeddin
Suda Bay
Governor Pardons Thomas Stacy and Recommends Others
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Governor Bushnell pardoned Thomas M Stacy a railroad policeman for killing a tramp claiming the shooting was accidental. The Board of Pardons also recommended clemency for multiple inmates including McCarthy Seibold Hurley Singer Riddle and others with varied sentences and transfer to Dayton Asylum.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
Thomas M. Stacy
Stacy
Pennsylvania
Board of Pardons
Patrick J. McCarthy
Hamilton County
William Seibold
Sandusky County
John Hurley
Athens County
John Cer
Mat Af Singer
Guyshoge
Ross
Levee Breach Near Delta Causes Major Flooding
In Vicksburg Mississippi on April 16 the Biggs levee two and a half miles below Delta Alabama gave way at 10 o clock. The crevasse measured about 120 feet wide twenty minutes after failure. The delta area lies opposite Vicksburg across the river.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Biggs
Delta
Ala
Delta Ig
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Anderson County
Kanawha River
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Elmwood Place
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Redlands, Cal
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Kinley
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Maine Methodist Episcopal Conference
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Peary
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New Corporation
Southern Building and Loan Association
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