Great Storms Cause Floods and Damage Across Missouri
A fierce rainstorm drenched St Josefa and nearby areas with two inches in twenty minutes, driving rivers over banks and flooding fields. North of the city the countryside lies under water, forcing families to flee as two feet of water covers a four mile wide area. Rail lines near Forest City face washouts despite recent repairs, and Burlington tracks along the Missouri River are endangered by rising waters. In central Missouri a pounding storm brought 60 mph winds and heavy rainfall, with Seladial reporting thousands in property damage from electrical strikes and widespread washouts.
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St. Josefa
Council Bluffs
Forest City
Missouri
Sedalia
Knobwoster
Cyclone Toll Rises to Twenty-Eight in Kansas Nebraska
The May 20 storm struck Marshall and Brown counties Kansas and Noemahan county Nebraska killing 28 and injuring 50 or more with total property loss near 1 million dollars. Seneca and nearby towns bore the worst damage while Frankfort and Reserve also suffered heavy losses. Residents organize aid efforts as telegraph links remain imperfect.
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Kansas City
Marshall
Brown
Kansas
Noemahan
Nebraska
Seneca
Oneida
Reserve
Sabetha
Morrill
Frankfort
Cyclone Wreaks Havoc In Rock Kansas
A cyclone struck Rock Kansas twenty miles south of Wichita injuring ten people and destroying five houses. Communication cuts hinder full details. damage presumed extensive along the route. The cyclone formed at the junction of Sedgewick Summer Cowley and Butler counties and was seen from Douglas.
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Rock
Wichita
Kan
Here
Douglas
Sedgewick
Summer
Cowley
Butler
Chariton River Floods Bottom Lands For First Time in Seven Years
Chariton River swells beyond banks on May 20 as the Des Moines river continues to rise threatening crops in the lowlands. All corn on the bottom land is washed away, causing extensive damage. In California, Judge McKenna rules against the Southern Pacific in land-right cases, finding gross negligence for failing to file required maps, delaying five years and defeating their claims.
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Chariton
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
McKenna
United States Circuit Court
California
Southern Pacific Railway
J. N. Call
Fifteen Years For Reform Leaders In Pretoria
A Times dispatch reports Pretoria's executive council reduced the reform leaders' sentences to 15 years in prison. Colonel Francis Rhodes Lionel Phillips George Farrar and John Hays Hammond were among the condemned leaders. The hope is for further sentence modification as other reformers await judgment. A separate note from Townsend Washington on May 17 notes 2372 seal skins were taken this season, the lightest catch in years.
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Loxpox
Pretoria
the Times
Francis Rhodes
Lionel Phillips
George Farrar
John Hays Hammond
Por
Townsenp
Wash
United States
Fowler
Deadlock Expected in Methodist Episcopal Bishop Vote
At the General Conference in Olevetann on May 19 the election of two new bishops faced a likely deadlock after five ballots produced no choice. Support shifted among Cranston, Hamilton, and Neely while Buttz and McCabe faded. The 13th ballot tallied Cranston 245, McCabe 190, Hamilton 187, Neely 172, Buttz 125, Bowen 24.
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Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Olevetann
Buttz
McCabe
Dr. Cranston
Dr. Hamilton
Dr. Neely
Neely
Cranston
Hamilton
Bowen
Oregon shows great speed in official trial run
The battleship Oregon, on an official government course, reached 62 knots with a sustained 16.78 knots average over 3048 miles. The test beat records of the Massachusetts and Indiana, earning Union Iron Works a $175,000 premium for the ship's builders.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Oregon
Massachusetts
Indiana
Union Ironworks
Thurston Preferred for St Louis Convention Chair
Washington dispatch says Senator John M. Thurston is likely to be the permanent chairman of the St. Louis convention. He is also discussed as a possible cabinet pick if McKinley wins, though he prefers leadership on the Senate floor if McKinley becomes president.
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Thurston
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Washington
John MM. Thurston
McKinley
Senate
South Dakota Crop Prospects Improve in May Rains
May rains have kept crops ahead of average in South Dakota. Grass and crops advance two weeks, stock on the range looks good and gaining fast. Wet weather slows Russian thistle growth, while prospects remain favorable overall.
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South Dakota
Alex Xanpura
Will Not Abandon Irrigation Plan
Sioux Falls dispatch reports officials will expand irrigation by artesian wells despite heavy rainfall. The system, built to address dry runs in the Jim valley, will be implemented on a larger scale than in Leduc.
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Sioux Falls
Jim Valley
Leduc
San Francisco Labor Council Protests Railroad Funding Bill
The San Francisco labor council adopted a resolution protesting the Pacific railroad funding bill and urging California’s representatives to defeat the measure.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Labor Council
California
Indictments in Washhatie Slaying Case
United States grand jury returns indictments against William Lamoreux and B F Odell for the murder of Jim Washhakie a Shoshone subchief and grandson of Chief Washhakie of the tribe in Curyenne Wyoming dated May 15.
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Washhatie
Curyenne, Wy
United States
William Lamoreux
B. IF. Odell
Jim Washhakie
Chief Washhakie
Government patents for indemnity lands in Hughes County
The land commissioner’s office issued government patents for 16 000 acres of indemnity lands in Hughes County located in the eastern part of the area. The patents were received on May 16 and relate to selections made several months ago.
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Pierre
Land Commissioner's Office
Hughes County
Foster Inaugurated as Louisiana Governor for Second Term
Murphy J. Foster was inaugurated governor of Louisiana for the second time with Robert H. Snyder as lieutenant governor in a ceremony witnessed by a large crowd.
Lumber Dealers Assign to Converse in May
Howard Kellen Co., lumber dealers, assigned to George L. Converse Jr. Assets amount to £200,000 with liabilities not exceeding $160,000.
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CoL.uMpts
Howard Kellen Co
George L. Converse, Jr
Slight Rally in Wheat as Insect Damage Lifts Market
May 19 Carcaco wheat rose slightly as insect damage lent strength to futures. July wheat traded at 615 and September at 62 1/2 cents. Corn oats and pork showed mixed moves, with cash quotes for No 2 red wheat 64 cents and No 2 corn 28 1/4 cents.
Chicago Live Stock Markets May 19 Report
Chicago live stock totals show cattle receipts at about 2,500 with prices from 3.50 to 4.80 for common to prime beeves and 2.73 to 4.00 for cows and heifers. Bulls bring 2.10 to 3.25. Hogs receipts around 18,000, sale range 4.10 to 3.55 for coarse heavy to prime, sorted light. Sheep receipts 14,000 with prices 2.75 to 3.90 for common to choice, lambs 3 to 4.15.
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Chicago
South Omaha Live Stock Receipts May 19
South Omaha cattle receipts show native beef steers at 3.00 to 3.80, Texas steers 2.64 to 3.70, cows and heifers 2.60 to 4.46, stockers 3.00 to 4.10, bulls and stags 2.00 to 3.25. Hogs receipts 8,405. mix 2.10 to 4.15, heavy 2.05 to 3.13. Sheep receipts 2,700. natives 3.00 to 5.75, westerns 2.80 to 4.51, lambs 3.50 to 4.85.
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South Omaha
Texas
Enpendings From Home and Abroad Collected For Readers
A miscellaneous weekly listing notes incidents and events from 1890s America and abroad. Items include a jail breakout in Magon Missouri releasing nine prisoners, factory sales in Birmingham, a new bicycle tire plant in St. Louis, damages from the Ford theater accident, a fledgling editor in Herrick Mississippi, and Canal Street excavations in New York. Also mentions a suicide in Brooklyn, a bicycle meet in Galesburg, a newspaper change in Arkansas, a mine owner’s death in Albuquerque, a relic medal found at Tarrytown, and various local disasters and political notes.
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Magon
Vanderbilt’ Steel and Iron Works
Birmingham
Ala
St. Louis
Washington
Joseph Scots
Herrick
Canal Street
New York
Walter Taylor
Brooklyn Times
Galesburg, I
Arkansas Gazette
George Staples
Albuquerque
N. M
Congress
John Paulding
Andre
Vanderbilt
Tarrytown
Magor
Pretoria Standard Oil Company
Cleveland
Columbus
General Hancock
Cudahy
Omaha
Lincoln
Royal Neighbors of America
Des Moines
John B. Thompson
Harrodsburg
Kyo
Free Silver
Webster Davis
Kansas City
Missouri
Phoy
Pueblo
Colo
Henry Schwatka
Yreka
Senate
House
Rinaker-Downing
Germain Zee
William Deering
Northwestern University
Multiple 1900s items swarm in town and state notes
Various brief items report factory and bank actions including Ershman shops in Enterprise Kansas closing over overdue wages. Yankton hosts South Dakota bankers session May 20. Heirs win Rock Island dispossession of town land. Officials inspect cattle near Hinds hospital Kankakee for TB cases. Northern Pacific receivers awarded 81000 each. Notables Neight and McKelvy dead. Japan Russia entente on Korea. Australians defeat Sheffield in cricket. Anti-cigarette league forms in Kaitikakee. Four narrowly escape drowning near Atlewis. Arcola forms an anti Negro club. Denver bank reopened after depositors’ accord. Four killed by lightning near Cadiz. Lang murder trial underway. Davis son drowns en route to Africa. Illinois Humane society bans carrying babies on bicycles.
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Ershman
Enterprise
Kan
South Dakota State Bankers’ Association
Yankton
Gillett
Woodbine
Nan
Rock Island Railway
Hinds Eastern Hospital For
Kankakee
Oakes, Payne and Rouse
Northern Pacific Road
Jenkins
C. Kx. Neight
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
John H. McKelvy
National Lead and Oil Company
Japan
Russia
Corean
Sheffield
Kaitikakee
Atlewis
Arcola
Estar National Bank
Denver
Cadiz
Jerome C. Lang
Baltimore
Henry G. Davis
Davis
Wheeling
W. Va
Africa
Ilinois Humane Society
Diverse 19th century incidents span deaths and travels
The notice lists multiple events from Abner Gaines sailing to Europe for Lavigne to Jennie Casey's death from suspected poisoning. It mentions a European bicycle tour by Digby Bell and Duncan Harrison, racing plans for J B Johnson and Jaquelin, a homicide inquiry in Brook lyn, a trolley fatality in Lexington, a dynamite accident in Middlesboro, a sheriff missing in Missouri, a lightning strike in Carthage, a gold hunter’s death in Kalamazoo, a Milwaukee accident, and other regional actions including governors, normal schools, and Knights Templars activities.
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Abner Gaines
New York
Europe
Burge
Jennie Casey
Brooklyn
N. Y
Digby Bell
Duncan Harrison
J. 8. Johnson
Jaquelin
Paris
Walter Patrick
Boone County
Missouri
Mazier Toda
Lexington
W. ¢. Paul
Middlesboro
Herr
Douglas County
Carthage
Robert Campbell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Aman
John Ebert
Milwaukee
Waterloo
Wis
Sterling
Ils
J. Sterling Morton
Pacific Slope
San Francisco
Altgeld
Charleston
His
Knights Templars of
Tennessee
Jackson
Irene Leonards
Wichita
Kan
Henry H. Lennard
Notorious forgers held on bond in San Francisco
The grand jury in San Francisco has indicted Charles Brecker and James Creegan, both noted bank swindlers. Each is held on bonds of twenty thousand dollars while awaiting trial for murder in the second degree with the sentence deferred.
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San Francisco
Charles Brecker
James Creegan
Cyclone damage and notable crimes flash across the nation
Reports detail wrecks in Sciota Illinois and Sherman Texas vicinity with deaths. a New York electrical exposition world message. Alfred C. Harrison’s $100000 Penn State gift. multiple assaults including a fatal baseball bat injury in Chicago. Debs named for president by Chicago Labor Congress. fires destroy much of Blue Island and the Markhian hotel block in Athins.
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Pennsylvania University
Nellie Donovan
New York City
W. H. Dexter
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Clarence Taylor
Nero
Columbus
Paul Johnske
Hedwig Hedgman
Charles Kane
Crawford
Ind
Jack Donigan
Arasor
Donigan
Edward Duanscomb
Little Rock
Ark
Elenora Dye
Lafayette
N. Y
Omaha
Marion
Chistago Labor Congress
Eugene V. Debs
Blue Island
Athints
Markhian
Wid Power Fights and Global News Sweep Across May Injury
May 19 roundup notes McCoy defeats Smith in sixth round boxing match while Liebest claims victory in a German Prussian service post. Ives loses 800 to 297 in billiards. Nahant fires destroy valuable summer residences worth 200 000. Red Lake River floods Minnesota towns. Washington district suffers 20 0000 loss in commission district fire. Cyclones hit Chile and Nebraska with casualties and property damage. Panama and Hamburg movements report militaries shipping troops and war materiel. Politically, Alfaro stays president in Ecuador. A P A splits on McKinley. Murphy J. Foster sworn Mississippi governor. Cardinal Gibbons urges religious freedom. Teller touted for president by Colorado Democrats.
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Wid
McCoy
Billy Smith
Count Liebest
China
Garnier
Ives
Chicago
Nahant
Mass
Longfellow
Red Lake River
Red Lake Halls
Crookston
Minn
Commission House
Washington
Czir
Moscow
Ecuador
Alfaro
Antofagasta
Chile
Tommy Ryan
Joe Danfee
Buffalo
Otto Camphauser
Berlin
Congressman Catchings
Greenville
Miss
Thomas M. Carlin
Philadelphia
Hamburg
Africa
Nebraska
Falls City
Aa. P. A
McKinley
Buffalo Carpenters
Murphy J. Foster
Mississippi
Cardinal Gibbons
Stafford
Colorado
Teller
Multiple Reports From Around the Nation and World News
A sweeping roundup notes lawsuits by the Northwest Iowa Grain Dealers against roads over shipment charges to Chicago, plus political, social, and international items. Highlights include a Minnesota federal judge confirmation, Nebraska medical society session, Omaha curfew case, a Swedish Orphans home dedication, and several accidents, resignations, deaths, and labor developments across the United States and Europe.
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Iowa
Grain Dealers’ Association
Chicago
Senate
William Lochren
Minnesota
Nebraska Medical Society
Lincoln
Omaha
Joiiet
Plymouth
Mass
Charles Louis
Francis Joseph
Pacific Coast
Transcontinental Passenger Association
General Brooke
Tongue River Reservation
Montana
Sam Small
Pyramid Reservation
Nevada
Cleveland
White House
Pittsburg
Peru
Schaefer
Garnier
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Savvannah
Quay
McKinley
Western Association
St. Joseph
Moscow
Transvaal
Methodist Conference
Pension Bills Pass in Private Act Day in Congress
Congress spent the day on private pension bills, approving 58 of them before adjournment. The House rejected river and harbor Senate amendments and sent the measure to conference. In Washington on May 16 the Senate ruled Henry A. Dupont not entitled to a seat from Delaware by 31 to 30.
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Mouse
Washinatown
House
Senate
Dupont
Wasahixatox
Henry A. Dupont
Delaware
Alabama Election Case Thrown Out In Senate Vote
The Senate rejected Allen’s motion to proceed with investigations into alleged election irregularities in Alabama during Governor Oates’s victory over Kolb. Six Republicans Chandler Frye Gallinger Morrill and two Populists Allen and Petter supported the motion. 41 days later the motion failed.
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Alabama
Washincroyx
Senate
Allen
Oates
Kolb
Chandler
Frye
Gallinger
Morrill
Petter
Immigration Bills Taken Up in House Delayed Start
Wasuinaros May 19 The house was expected to begin debate on immigration bills but pressure on other business delayed the special order. The measure was amended to allow today and Wednesday for consideration, with four bills on the calendar.
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Wasuinaros
Silver Men Consider Postponing Adjournment
In Washington on May 18 the growing sense is that silver advocates in Congress may oppose a final adjournment before the national conventions. There is no formal plan yet but leaders discuss delaying until after conventions reveal financial positions.
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Washington
District of Columbia Appropriation Bill Passed
The senate approved the District of Columbia appropriation bill on Tuesday with funds totaling 7.8 million dollars. Debate arose over paragraph allocating funds for charities and sectarian purposes.
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District of Columbia
Senate
Flour trade with Ecuador faces Chilean competition
Washington report says Pacific coast flour trade with Ecuador via San Francisco and Guayaquil is threatened by Chilean competition. High freight charges after loss of competition cripple shipments. United States Consul Dillard at Guayaquil warns reconciliation with Chilean flour could end American flour exports to Ecuador.
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Washington
Pacific
Ecuador
San Francisco
Guayaquil
Steamship Company
United States
Dillard
State Department
Eenador
Judge Lochren Promoted to United States District Judge
Walmscron May 16 Judge Lochren yesterday nominated for U S district judge of Minnesota to succeed R R Nelson. He began as a pensions commissioner at the start of the current administration and was then a district judge in Minnesota. Judge Wilson, his predecessor, was appointed in 1858 by President Buchanan and had the longest service of any judge in U S courts.
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Lochren
Walmscron
United States
Minnesota
R. R. Nelson
Minnesot
Welson
Buchanan
Clara Barton denies Turkish officials directed relief in Asia Minor
Wash Hincron May 20 Secretary Olney received Miss Clara Bartons letter denying that Turkish authorities ever tried to direct or control her relief distributions in Asia Minor. She emphasizes she acted independently and without Turkish government direction.
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Wash Hincron
Olney
Clara Barton
Asia Minor
Laurada Cargo Arrives as U.S. Cutter Sails for Cuba
The Laurada reportedly landed a valuable cargo before departure of the revenue cutter Boutwell from Savannah in search of the vessel on a filibustering voyage to Cuba. The U.S. Supreme Court meanwhile ruled Louisiana's railroad segregation law constitutional in Plessy v Ferguson.
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Washington
Boutwell
Savannah
Cuba
Supreme Court of the United States
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Louisiana
Dividend Declared for North Platte Bank Creditors
The comptroller of the treasury declares a 20 percent dividend for creditors of the insolvent North Platte National Bank of North Platte Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Platte
WashIndon
Comptroller of the Treasury
North Platte National Bank of
Lochren Named District Judge for Minnesota
The senate confirmed William Lochren as district judge in Minnesota in Washington on May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lochren
Washington
Senate
William Lochren
Minnesota
Cholera Toll Rises in Alexandria with New Cases
Twenty three new cholera cases and twenty deaths were reported in Alexandria on May 18, as health officials monitor the outbreak and its rapid spread in the city.
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Alexandria
Sioux Falls Big Blaze Tears Through Mer chants Hotel
A major fire gutted the Merchants Hotel in Sioux Falls on May 19 causing about 20 002 dollars in loss with 16 000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Sioux Fall
Sioux’ Falls
Merchants
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Western Federation of Miner
American Federation of Labor
Boyce
F. H. Clifford
W. R. Phelps
J. F. McDonnell
Congressional Proceedings
Aliss Harton
Miles
Chas. A. Myers
Hanna St
Fort Wayne
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
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Pacific Railroad
Helena
Butte
Spokane
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
St. Paul
Duluth
Fargo
Grand Forks
Winnipeg
Andrew EK
Burveten
Puget. Sound
Montana Union Depot
Bozeman Express
Bozeman
Northern Pacific
Twin City Mail
Pacific Coast Points
Garrison Express
Garrison
Montana Depot
Spelen
Paget Sound
Japa
Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co
W. M. Tuchy
Broadway
Charles 8. Fee
Paul, Minn
Thesearnest Christian
Brightside
Poindexter & Orr, Dillon, Beaverhead Co
M. T. Brand—Cattle
Square and
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Stockmen’s Directory
Dillon
Eat
Ashington
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