Heavy rains forecast flood stage on Ohio and Tennessee rivers
Rainfall over 36 to 48 hours triggers rising waters along the Ohio, Allegheny, Monongahela, and Tennessee rivers. Officials warn of flood danger with the Ohio at Pittsburgh and Tennessee near Knoxville, while rail lines face washouts and service disruptions across East Tennessee and Georgia. Local warnings issued to save property.
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Pittsburg
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Davis Island Dam
Allegheny
Monongahela
Knoxville
Tenn
East Tennessee
Southern Railway
Asheville
N. C
Newport
Rankin
Norfolk & Western
Southern
Tennessee River
Columbus
Chattahoocha River
Columbus Power Co
North Highlands
Mobile
Ala
South Alabama
Montgomery
Louisville& Nashville
Chattanooga
Kingston
Paducah
Skeleton in steeple identified as fugitive Winton White
A skeleton found in the steeple of a Negro church near East Lake in Birmingham is identified as Winton White, a Black man said to have shot a man years earlier and later fled justice. Bettie Healey, who once wed White, identifies the remains by teeth, knives found beside the body, and quilts used as a bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
East Lake
Winton White
Bettie Healey
Quarantine Declared as Smallpox Spreads to Madison
Gran ite City, Dec 34. The city council declared a quarantine against Madison and authorized guards to enforce it. Officials appealed to state authorities and expect militia help to secure the measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Madison
Granite City
Water spout floods Safie Morocco drowning hundreds
A water spout burst over Safie in Tangier Morocco inundating the town for 12 hours and sweeping items into the sea. About two hundred people are reported drowned with no Europeans among the dead. The damage to Safie is described as enormous.
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Tangier
Morocco
Saffe
Wyoming division workers push railroad brotherhood federation
Wilkesbarre December 30 employees of the Wyoming division of the Lehigh Valley railroad have begun a movement to federate the brotherhoods of engineers firemen conductors trainmen switchmen and telegraphers with plans to extend the effort from York to Buffalo along the entire line.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Brotherhoods of the Engineers
York
Buffalo
Exchange shifts unsettle Manila as peso value drops
Manila reports a change in the exchange ratio affecting the Mexican dollar and gold dollar value, with the new rate described as unsettling and causing concern among traders. The note notes the Mexican silver to gold dollar ratio in effect and hints at broader economic unsettledness.
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Manila
Apartment House Fire Destroys Chicago Six Story Building
A Christmas tree with inflammable decorations and candles caused a blaze Sunday night that destroyed the Alexander apartment building at Bowen and Cottage Grove avenues. The six story structure housed twenty families and the loss is over 100000 dollars. Flames trapped residents forcing escapes by windows and ladders, with several tenants burned before rescue.
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Chicago
Alexander
Bowen Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
Robbers' Good Haul Near Barnett Junction
Two elderly sisters living at Barnett Junction on the Washington branch of the Georgia Railroad were robbed of 6000 dollars in gold. The women lit a lamp when disturbed. robbers doused the lamp holder with water and overpowered them, then fled after rifling a trunk. The sisters claim to recognize one of the robbers.
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Washington, Ga
Wisses
Barnett Junction
Washington
Georgia
Royal commission to probe British coal resources
London reports a royal commission has been appointed to inquire into Britain's coal resources. It will study exhaustion rates, the impact of coal exports on home supply, potential cost reductions via cheaper transport, and whether mining remains competitive with foreign fields under current conditions.
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London
Great Britain
Iowan Hoffmann Takes Own Life at Barry Hospital
Hot Springs Ark Dec 30 Hoffman of Iowa killed himself at Barry hospital Sunday after attempting suicide last Thursday. He cut his throat with a table knife in the throat opening, severing the jugular vein while he was stated to be recovering rapidly in the hospital.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Herman Hoffman
Iowa
Barry Hospital
Hoffman
Socialist Deputy Ferry Visit Triggers Turbulent Naples Protest
Naples December 30. The arrival of socialist chamber deputy Signor Ferry to address a meeting sparked violent demonstrations and wide police deployment. Wholesale arrests were made as troops were called out to quell the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Ferry
Troans
Big Department Store Burned in Victoria Fire
Spencer's Arcade, a major Victoria department store, was gutted by a blaze and floored by water. The loss is estimated at 250000 dollars with about 125000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Big
Victoria
B. C
Spencer’s Arcade
Banker Felix G. Farrell Dies at 72 in Jacksonville
Felix G. Farrell prominent banker and major local figure died Sunday morning in Jacksonville at age 72. He organized the First National Bank there in 1864.
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Jacksonville
Felix G. Farrell
First National Bank
Curry Named U S Representative to Madrid for King Alfonso XII
Washington December 20 Hon J L Curry of this city has been chosen by the president to represent the United States in Madrid for the coming of age celebration of King Alfonso XII on May 17.
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United States
Washington
J. L. Curry
Madrid
Alfonso XII
Market Report Flour and Grain From Cincinnati and Chicago
Flour and grain prices across Cincinnati and Chicago show winter patent at 3.80, fancy 3.55 to 3.70, family 3.00 to 3.25, and low grades 2.50 to 2.60. Wheat No 2 red on track 89 to 94. Corn 70.14 on track, oats 49.14 on track. Cattle and hog prices listed for Cincinnati and Indianapolis markets, with ranges for shippers, butchers, cows, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Indianapolis
Four Die in Malta Illinois Train Collision and Fire
Chicago reports a double wreck near Malta Illinois as the Omaha Flyer collides with a freight train on a wrongly left open siding. Four dead and eighteen injured, with cars and engines burning and extensive property loss.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Malta
Omaha Flyer
George W. Rudio
Western
Kirk Soap Co
North 32
Clarence Lauterus
W. A. Sweeney
Latchford
Marion Wilkes
Fremont
Neb
Eva Hall
Lincoln Taft
Veronica Rohrmoser
Millard
F. Larrabee
F. P. Curran
C. W. Aiken
P. D. O'Neill
Northwestern Railway
John W. Wilson
W. R. Dawes
Pullman
Rochelle
DeKalb
St. Luke’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
Ben C. Nichols
Council Bluffs
Conger Dinner Sparks Chinese Official React
In Peking a dinner hosted by United States Minister Conger drew attention from Chinese foreign office leaders including Ma Tung a former Boxer leader and Wang Wen Shao a plenipotentiary. The event also included several American ladies and marked a shift from formal legation etiquette and social mixing.
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Peking
United States
Conger
Foreign Office
Ma Tung
Wang Wen Shao
Fare dealer shoots in Shawnee gambling room
Charles McKnight shot and killed Willard Sims a saloonkeeper and a boy named Hepstedter in a gambling room in Shawnee Oklahoma Sunday following a quarrel. Sims had threatened McKnight earlier and McKnight drew a revolver and killed Hepstedter before killing Sims.
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Shawnee
O. T
Charles McKnight
Willard Sims
Hepstedter
McKnight
Sims
Trainwreck Injures Motorist Near Springfield Crossing
The south bound Diamond Special on the Illinois Central road wrecked at Starness Crossing three miles east of Springfield at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Queineer McCormick of Clinton was injured on the head and back and may be serious.
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Springfield
Ilinois Central Road
Starness Crossing
Here
Queineer McCormick
Clinton
Two Freight Wrecks Near Opelika Reported
Western railway of Alabama suffered two freight wrecks within 30 miles of each other due to heavy rains. Flooding caused embankments to give. Three people were injured.
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Opelika
Ala
Western Railway of
Alabama
Tha Trath
New York Robbery Suspect Valet Named Kern
Mr and Mrs Paul G Thebaud of Madison Avenue report jewelry worth 50000 dollars stolen in a Sunday evening burglary. A newly hired valet, Kern, is suspected after accompanying the couple to White Plains and departing with a Willett family vehicle. The valet is missing and a butler is under surveillance.
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New York
Paul G. Thebaud
Madison Avenue
Thebaud
White Plains
Kern
Landslide Wreck Kills 4 on C&O Rail Near Lynchburg
A Chesapeake and Ohio landslide near Rauson Station five miles south of Lynchburg caused a passenger train wreck. Conductor E A Whittaker, Engineer George Fisher, Baggagemaster Thompson, and Express Messenger Shannon died. A Clifton Forge machinist named Baker is missing. Several passengers are believed buried under the debris.
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Lynchburg
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Rauson Station
James River
E. A. Whittaker
George Fisher
Thompson
Pinover's Adventure Jump From Brooklyn Bridge
John Pinover a young wholesale liquor dealer from Middletown New York leaped from the Brooklyn Bridge afternoon near the New York tower and was rescued by a government tug. He survived and was taken to a hospital where he lay unconscious for about three hours.
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New York
John Pinover
Middletown
N. Y
Brooklyn Bridge
Pinover
New York Tower
Zionist Congress aims to raise 200000 for Syria Palestine land
Basle Switzerland December 30 The Zionist congress in session resolves to establish a 200000 fund to buy land in Syria and Palestine. Collecting drives will reach all countries. The body also plans to form national organizations to promote its aims and to hold biennial congresses.
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Basle
Switzerland
Zionist Congress
Syria
Palestine
Prominent Knight of Pythias Doctor Dies in Michigan
Benton Harbor Michigan December 30 Dr John Bell world s chief Knight of Pythias and noted southwestern Michigan physician died Sunday He led the Knights of Pythias as major general of uniform form rank in 1898 and was a prominent Freemason in the state.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
John Bell
Knight of Pythias
Michigan
Knights of Pythias of the World
Pro Boer Meeting Urges Arbitration In War
About two thousand people gathered in Topeka Kansas on Sunday to back proposals for U England to invite the U S president and the Danish ruler to serve as war arbiters. Resolutions were sent to London and speakers included David Overmeyer and Gen. J. K. Hudson.
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Topeka
Kan
England
United States
Denmark
London
David Overmeyer
J. K. Hudson
Street Car Collision Kills One in East Lake Area
East Lake street car struck several freight cars attached to a switch engine at Twenty seventh street and First avenue at 6 15 Sunday morning. One man died and two others were injured in Birmingham Alabama.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Lake Street
Twenty-seventh Street
First Avenue
Dudley Leaves Hospital After Appendicitis Operation
United States minister to Peru I B Dudley left Mercy hospital this Sunday and returned to his brother's home in Aston after an appendicitis operation performed several weeks ago.
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Chicago
I. B. Dudley
United States
Peru
Mercy Hospital
Aston
Colombian Gunboat Boyaca Relays Troops to Reinforce Castro
In Colombia the gunboat Boyaca left Panama carrying troops to reinforce Gen. Castro in the interior. The gunboat Pinzon is due from Barranquilla with 500 men and will return with more. Gen. Carlos Alban says the government can defeat the revolutionists despite alleged help from Salvador.
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Boyaca
Panama
Carlos Alban
Caracas
Venezuela
Haytien
Luciano Mendoza
Carabobo
Castro
la Victoria
San Juan de Las Moros
Villa de Cura
Miranda
la Puerta
Mendoza
Ortiz
Guarico
Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Bovaca
Pinzon
Barrantuilla
Salvador
Yosemite Association Protest Over Medals For S S Yosemite Crew
Bingley R Fales, president of the United States Yosemite association, on behalf of 270 Michigan officers and men, sent a protest to Secretary of the Navy Long. He asks to withhold approval of the naval board of awards report to allow arguments in favor of granting service medals to the crew.
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Detroit
Mich
Bingley R Fales
United States
Michigan
Roosevelt Declines Chicago 1904 Olympic Presidency
In a communication to Baron Coubertin Roosevelt says he cannot preside at the Chicago games in 1904 after expressing keen interest. He regrets the impossibility due to various reasons, though supportive of the contests planned as features of the games.
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Washington
Baron Coubertin
Chicago
Roosevelt
Manila Fire Reform Ties to Roosevelt Plan
Ex Fire Chief Hugh J Bonner weighs a Roosevelt and War Department proposal to reorganize Manila fire services along New York lines. Bonner indicated in Washington this week that such a plan is under consideration and discussed during the past week.
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Hugh J. Bonner
New York
Roosevelt
War Department
Manila
Bonner
Washington
Eugene Carter Called Dying By Physicians In Chicago
Chicago December 30 Eugene Carter famed billiard star of the last decade is dying at his home physicians say a complication of pulmonary troubles has set in and he may not survive the night. Carter attained national renown for his billiards skill and competitive success across the country.
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Eugene Carter
Chicago
British Prisoners Freed After Zeefontein Raid
A War Office dispatch from Lord Kitchener reports that British prisoners captured when Boer forces overran Col. Firman’s camp at Zeefontein on December 24 have been liberated and returned to Bethlehem.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Col. Firman
Zeefontein
Bethlehem
Veterinary Inspectors Appointed for Shipping Ports
Ottawa Ont December 30 The Dominion government has named veterinary inspectors for shipping ports between the United States and Canada under the latest agreement.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
United States
Canada
Fur as a Trimming Seasonable Gowns
The article discusses how fur use in fashion has expanded beyond simple garments to elaborate trims and diverse coats. It describes current styles including sealskin, mink, sable details, high collars, and varied sleeves, noting the high cost of alterations and the influence of fashion on expenses.
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Astrachan
Chinchilla
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British Coal Fields
Royal Commission
Market Report
Omaha
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Chinese Foreign Office
Paul C. Thebaud
the Zionist Congress
Dudley Convalescent
South America
Yosemite Association
Naval Board of Awards
President Roosevelt
Manila Fire Department
Marshal Rochambeau
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