Deluge of Water Causes New Flood Crises Across Mississippi
Desperate rail and lumber workers press to save property as floods surge through Scranton, Moss Point, and surrounding towns. Louisville & Nashville aims to restore tracks and rebuild bridges, with service hoped to resume by Friday. Meridan reports worsening conditions. Mobile & Ohio work to reopen lines though three weeks may pass.
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Investigations Outline Plot to Damage Welland Canal Lock
Washington reports the inquiry into the Welland canal lock destruction attempt exonerates Buffalo grain handlers and hints at a US based conspiracy tied to Irish secret societies. Canada seeks evidence for possible extradition if perpetrators are found in the United States. Ottawa dismisses US or Chicago conspiracies and labels the act as the work of cranks. Local authorities mobilize militia in Niagara district.
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Mexican town burned drives thousand from Panuco
Reports from Tampico April 24 say Panuco on the river of that name was totally destroyed by fire, leaving about two thousand homeless as residents seek shelter in Tampico. Property loss figure unknown but expected high.
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Sultan yields at last amid trade decree in Constantinople
An imperial trade authorizes rebuilding American missionaries property at Kharput and an annex to Roberts College in Constantinople. Washington says no official confirmation yet. Officials see the move as friendly and possibly an earnest of settlement of the indemnity claim, but the matter is not closed.
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Porto Rican Offices Filled Amid Senate Nomination Confusion
President McKinles announces two appointments to Porto Rico posts. Gate Plad funder is named treasurer and Re Girrison to audit in the island’s treasury. Hollander chosen as tax adviser on university-backed authority. John Ry. Carrohson, long Washington treasury veteran, to oversee civil accounts in Porto Rico.
Webster Davis' Successor Named for Assistant Secretary Post
Washington April 24 Franklin Le Campbell of the District of Columbia will be named by the president to be assistant secretary of the interior to succeed Webster Davis. Campbell, 56, born in West Virginia, once left Washington and Fordson College to join the Union Army. After the war he opened West Virginia's first free school and later joined the census office in Washington rising to first assistant attorney in the interior department. Campbell has long been a Republican and Secretary Hitchcock is said to recognize his integrity and ability as civil service embodiment.
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Revolution in Venezuela reported from Kingston dispatch
Kingston reports from Venezuela via Trinidad that Castro's administration faces a mutiny by its own troops and axillary officers plan a new revolution. The public demands social order and security and asserts full political rights, while some wealthy residents flee Caracas for Europe, the United States, and the West Indies amid the tyrannical regime.
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Curzon Reports Relief Strain Amid Ongoing Storms
Lord Curzon reports in London that recent rain fails to ease the crisis in India. Demands for relief rise while relief plans keep pace with the growing strain.
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Death of Army Post Chaplain in Philadelphia
David Haddington Shields, a post chaplain in the United States Army, died suddenly in a Pennsylvania hospital. The coroner ordered a post mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
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British Advance Disastrous in Roberts Dispatch
London April 24. Lord Roberts reports a costly British advance with several killed mortally wounded and many missing. Casualties include Welsh Regiment and Yorkshires, with Dragoons and Artillery also hurt as Boers gain ground near Kalriefontein and Wepener holds out despite Boer crossings.
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Battle Report From Leeuw Kop Engagement In April
London reports describe Gen Dickson and Pole Carew brigades attempting enveloping movements at Leeuw Kop with Welsh Warwickshire Essex and Yorkshire regiments in line. Boer fire from rifles and a pompom halted advances until Essex regiments pressed to lift Paarde Kraal at sunset.
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Tragic plunge ends life at Connellsville coke ovens
An unidentified man leaped into a coke oven at the Frick Coke Co foundry in Connellsville Pennsylvania and died within a minute. Onlookers describe a trained dive from the oven top as flames and smoke filled the pit. only a charred mass remains and no identification is possible.
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Turkish torpedo boat Schmayl sinks at Beyroot harbor
News from Beyroot Syria reports the Turkish torpedo boat Schmayl exploded in Beyroot harbor on April 21 causing 23 deaths. In Washington officials at the Coeur Alene investigation said the inquiry would be completed within ten days to two weeks as it proceeds.
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Deaths and Disasters Cross-World Briefs
George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll dies in London. A minor earthquake rattles Portland Oregon at 5 am. Plague rats found on Brisbane Auckland and Melbourne wharves. Sydney records two plague deaths and eight cases. Chile saltpetre exports top six million quintals in three months. Sir Francis Murindina railway inspector dies in London at 62. Dorchester Bay boat capsizes drownings and one survivor. Hawaiian government bill conference backs citizenship for governor and judges.
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The Chicago River Then and Now Despised to Mighty Trade
The piece surveys Chicago River’s history from a neglected stream to a major grain and coal shipping conduit. It details 62 years of rapid growth, grain shipments surpassing 159 million bushels yearly, coal and salt handling, and the river’s central role amid city expansion and rival railways.
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National League Innings Baseball Summary
In Cincinnati against Pittsburgh the Reds score eight and Pittsburgh six runs across seven innings. Battery details list Rae, Tartteries Scott and Peitz pitting for Cincinnati, Waddell and Zimmer for Pittsburgh. Umpire O Day. Rain interrupted remaining games.
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Market Report Cincinnati and Chicago Grain and Livestock
Market report from Cincinnati dated April 23 covers flour prices for various grades, grain quotes for Wheat Corn and Oats, and live stock values including hogs cattle sheep lambs and veal calves. Chicago quotes list wheat corn and oats with multiple grade prices and on track references.
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Descriptive Chicago River Vessel Traffic in 1899
A historical note describes the Chicago river as a bustling waterway 13 miles long with growing vessel sizes. It cites 7,087 arrivals totaling 4,710,275 tons and 7,149 departures totaling 4,784,103 tons in the fiscal year 1899, and contrasts schooners with metal steam freighters as government deepening continues.
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