Flood Devastates Sioux City Destroying Mills and Homes
A flood from the Floyd river inundates Sioux City Iowa cutting power and rail access. About 2 000 cattle drown and thousands homeless as factories, yards, and homes are swept away. total losses estimated at 1 000 000 to 2 000 000 dollars. A childbirth occurs in a box car amid the disaster.
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Sioux City
Floyd River
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Illinois Central
Northern
Floyd Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Nellie West
Louise Horner
Hinton
Deadly Flood Devastates Floyd River Area Causes Heavy Losses
Rescue teams recount a mass of debris at the mouth of the Floyd with remains from stockyards and homes. About fifty to possibly more missing, with around 100 unaccounted persons. Rail lines damaged and towns like Leeds and Springdale report drownings. Matt Roe saved twenty eight lives as others narrowly escaped a worsening situation.
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Floyd
Missouri
Stock Yards
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Illinois Central
Sioux
Matt Roe
F. E. West
Work of the Wise Men in Both Branches of Congress
The naval appropriation bill passed the Senate with all amendments intact, including battleship, double turreted monitor, four light draft cruisers, and six torpedo boats. Debates between Senators Gorman and Vilas highlighted party policy as May 19 through May 24 cover river, harbor, census funding, and Sherman statue issues. A separate May 23 dispatch-details test by General Miles and Lumsden via relay wheels for military use also arrived in New York.
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Washington
Senate
Gorman
Maryland
Wisconsin
Vilas
Bland
Hale
House
Kilgore
Texas
General Sherman
United States
ChicaGo
Miles
Lumsden
Howard
New York
City Hall
Police arrest players for Sunday law breach in Toledo game
In the eighth inning of yesterday's Toledo Columbus game with the score tied Chief of Police Raitz and fifteen officers arrested managers and players for violating the Sunday law. A mob formed but Manager Runnells' speech calmed the crowd and the players were bailed en bloc at $600 for appearance.
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Toledo
Columbus
Raitz
Runnells
Chicago Ticket Scalpers Indicted by Grand Jury
Chicago officials report the grand jury indicted every ticket broker or scalper in town. Warrants issued, brokers brought in and bonded at 500 dollars each for trial. Indictments rely on the 1878 statute forbidding sale of railroad tickets by unauthorized persons. Legal fight anticipated.
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Chicago
Deacon Gets One Year In French Prison For Fatal Wounding
In NICE on May 21 a deacon who shot and killed Abeille after catching him in his wife's room with her partly undressed was tried. The court sentenced him to one year in a French prison.
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Nice
Deacon
Abeille
Stockmen Trial Likely to Open in Cheyenne
The stockmen imprisoned at Fort Russell face a probable move to Cheyenne for trial. A change of venue is expected to be filed to bring the case to this city.
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Cheyenne
Fort Russell
King's Daughters Sail for Russia on Island voyage
New York May 11 Eleven members of the King's Daughters sailed on the steamship Island for Russia carrying funds to aid famine sufferers.
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King’s Daughters
Russia
New York
Harrington to Wed Miss O Neill of Dublin
May 23 report states Timothy Harrington M P is to marry Miss O Neill daughter of the late Dr O Neill of Dublin.
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Timothy Harrington
M. P
Miss O’neill
Dr. O'Neill
Dublin
Death notices of notable figures across the nation
The obituary list records Dr Pliny Earl of Northampton Rev Gilbert de la Mattyr of Akron Dr L Y Hayes of Fort Dodge Lovalis Numa Baragnon of Paris Calvin D W Leonard of Dayton Ex Congressman John A Anderson of Liverpool Mrs E C Pullman of New York George W Estks of Salem Colonel L F Casey of Centralia Samuel Hamilton of Shelbyville Dr Charles Elmer Laning of Chicago and Hon Franklin P Randall of Fort Wayne with their places and roles.
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Pliny Earl
Northampton
Mass
Gilbert DE LA Mattyr
Akron
L. Y. Hayes
Buena Vista College
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Lovalis Numa Baragnon
Paris
Calvin D. W. Leonard
Dayton
Wis
John A. Anderson
Kansas
Liverpool
E. C. Pullman
New York
George W. Estks
Salem
L. F. Casey
Centralia
Ills
Samuel Hamilton
Shelbyville
Ind
Charles Elmer Laning
Chicago
Franklin P. Randall
Fort Wayne
Wreck on Cotton Belt Trestle Kills Eight Injures Many
A Cotton Belt freight wreck near Pine Bluff Arkansas leaves eight dead and twenty two injured after flood disruptions. The southbound passenger train misread orders and collided with a fast freight at Crooked Bayou, two coaches toppled into the water.
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St. Louis
Humphrey
Golden
Crooked Bayou
Collision near Greenville injures crew. guard killed
A light east bound Jacksonville Southwestern engine collided with a west bound passenger train five miles west of Greenville on the Vandalia road at 5 53 Saturday morning. Both engines and the baggage car were wrecked. The crews jumped to safety. one guard of the American Express company Ed Finn was killed and express messenger Sharp was seriously hurt. No passengers were injured.
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St. Louis
Jacksonville
Collision Kills Engineer Larkins in Houston Line
A May 23 Houston report says a Houston and Texas Central railroad collision near Mc Dade killed Engineer Larkins. Engineer Nass and Brakeman Tom Hall were injured after a misread order caused Larkins to move on to Elgin into an oncoming train headed to Austin.
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Houston
Tex
Houston and
Texas Central
Elgin
McDade
Larkins
Nass
Tom Hall
Hempstead
Austin
Derailed B&O train in Ohio leaves two dead
In Zanesville on May 22 an engine and twelve cars derailed a mile west of the city. The engineer and fireman leaped free but suffered fatal injuries. The cause was not stated. The accident disrupted service for hours.
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Zanesville, O
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Explosion rocks Me chanic street factory in Hartford
Four people die when the Anna Pygs technic company building on Me chanic street explodes. Fire wreckage scatters papers for miles and several injured are rescued from the ruins. One worker is believed trapped. The firm had been operating eight years.
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Hartford
Conn
Anna Pygs Technic Company
Mechanic Street
John L. B. Shipley
Emma Araganza
Maggie Capen
Cottage Grove
Bloomfield
Emma Tarbox
George F. Stevens
Kittie Golden
Rose Harvey
Minnie Taylor
George Sensoth
Roof collapse injures seven at Pittsburg church
At 8:30 AM Saturday the roof of the First Methodist Protestant church on Fifth avenue near Smithfield street collapsed during demolition. Seven workmen were hurt, two fatally. named victims include William Sarsfield and Caleb Jukes. Others injured were Samuel H. Carr, Chas Gance, Samuel Dwyer, Chas Pence, and Timothy Scanlan the contractor who was not fatally hurt but with internal injuries.
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Pittsburg
First Methodist Protestant
Fifth Avenue
Smithfield Street
William Sarsfield
Caleb Jukes
Samuel H. Carr
Chas
Gance
Samuel Dwyer
Pence
Timothy Scanlan
Scanlan
Methodists Confront Jim Crow At Omaha Meeting
The Omaha conference adopted space resolutions condemning southern treatment of blacks with reports that 159 blacks died in mobs last year including seven burned alive and one flayed. Delegates denounced Jim Crow cars and urged congressional action. Officers were elected for the New York Book Concern Sanford Hunt Homer Eaton and Cincinnati Concern Earl Cranson, with others to follow.
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Omaha
Methodist Conference
South
Congress
New York Book Concern
Sanford Hunt
Homer Eaton
Cincinnati Concern
Earl Cranston
C. McCabe
J. O. Peck
A. B. Leonard
Officers Elected at Independent Methodist Conference
Delegates from the Independent Methodist church elected several officers. Louis Curts becomes Cincinnati Book Concern Agent, Dr J M Buckley is reappointed editor Methodist Review, Dr J W Mendenhall named secretary of the Sunday School Tract Society, Arthur Edwards editor Northwestern Advocate, and Davis H Moore editor Western Advocate. A memorial on equal representation and two-house division was referred. Little action taken on removing pastors time limit.
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Omaha
Independent Methodist Church
General Conference
Agent Cincinnati Book Concern
Louis Curts
New York Christian Advocate
J. M
Buckley
Methodist Review
J. W. Mendenhall
Sunday School Tract Society
Jesse L. Hurlburt
Northwestern Advocate
Chicago
Arthur Edwards
Western Advocate
Davis H. Moore
Election of Officers Noted At Conference Meeting
May 20 report shows progress in officer elections and prize drawings for editors and advocates from St. Louis Pittsburg San Francisco and others. Other business includes favorable report on consolidating Freedman s Aid and Southern Educational societies and notes on equal representation and the one third rule in voting. Centennial Quadrennial conference opened with an oratory focus.
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Dana
Central Advocate
St. Louis
J. J. Young
Pittsburg
Methodist conference actions on appointments and temperance
In Omaha the itinerancy committee backed allowing conferences to locate ministers with mutual consent while bishops appoint preachers and evangelists. A board to oversee deaconesses, a revised plan, and a church constitution project were discussed. The temperance committee urged total abstinence from alcohol and opposition to saloons, opium was denounced, and education and church extension roles were updated.
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Omaha
Methodist Conference
Temperance Committee
Chicago
C. H. Payne
Board of Education
Church Extension Society
Methodist conference elects secretaries and rebukes editor
At the Omaha session on May 23 the conference elected Drs. A. J. Kynett and W. A. Spencer as Church Extension secretaries and chose Drs. J. C. Hartzell and J. W. Hamilton for the Freedman's Aid society. Rev. Dr. Hayes of Tennessee spoke as a colored clergyman after Dr. Parkhurst ridiculed black delegates, Parkhurst apologized. A Sunday school meeting followed in the afternoon.
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Omaha
Methodist Conference
A. J. Kynett
W. A. Spencer
Church Extension Society
Freedman’s Aid Society
J. C. Hartzell
J. W. Hamilton
Hayes
Tennessee
Chas. Parkhurst
Zion’s Herald
Parkhurst
Methodist quadrennial adopts adjournment and debates women
In Omaha on May 4 the quadrennial adopted adjournment sine die for the Thursday next. Reports included a lay delegate vs male delegate issue. Homer Eaton elected treasurer of the Sunday school union and Episcopal board, with Lewis Curtis as assistant. Sanford Hunt and Karl Cranstom named treasurer and assistant of missionary societies. A resolution against capital punishment was tabled. The woman question was deferred to committee and may return via judiciary.
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Omaha
Homer Eaton
Sunday School Union
Episcopal Board
Lewis Curtis
Daniel Denham
Tract Society
Sanford Hunt
Karl Cranstom
Missionary Societies
Judiciary
Young elected moderator of Presbyterian assembly in Portland
The Presbyterian general assembly in Portland opened with long ballot counts. On the third ballot Dr. Young, president of Centre College Louisville, won moderator with 268 votes while Radcliffe and McPherson trailed. He is 50 years old and known as an able expounder of Presbyterian doctrine.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Portland
Ore
Young
McPherson
Radcliffe
Christie
Smith
Muchmore
Centre College
Louisville
Deeming Changed at 10:1 This Morning in Melbourne
Melbourne reports a change at 10:10 this morning as Deeming was altered. The brief item notes a scheduled shift in decision or status with no further details provided.
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Melbourne
History of a Week Highlights May Events and Notables
May 18 round up includes Michael Davitt winning £29 against Dublin Independent. Cairo Illinois hosts Concord with Egyptian intrigue. Odorless whisky invention pins to clove trade. Morris Shea and Mike Burns die in Anaconda mine shaft accident. Dr W A Yoln declared insane in Valparaiso Indiana. Labor Day parades and picnics planned in Chicago. Ira Mullins and kin ambushed in Kentucky. Indiana trotting circuit offers 45000 in purses. Woman’s Western Unitarian Conference in Chicago debates open world’s fair Sundays. Mecklen burg anniversary celebrated with 500000 loss noted. John L Sullivan to publish an 800 page book.
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Michael Davitt
Dublin Independent
U. S
Concord
Cairo
Ill
Egypt
Philadelphia
Morris Shea
Mike Burns
Anaconda
Butte, Mont
W. A. Yoln
County Board of Health
Valparaiso
Ind
Chicago
Ira Mullins
Kentucky
Letcher County
Indiana
United States
New York
Woman's Western Unitarian Conference
All Soul's Church
French Tonquin forces seize pirate stronghold after heavy losses
The report notes French forces in Tonquin killed 125 defenders and captured a pirate stronghold. The casualty tally also lists 53 French soldiers and five officers dead in the fight.
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Tonquin
George Hertze
Lima
Kansas and Texas
Deeming
Howling Bear Predicts Famine and Political News Mix
Howling Bear, an old Indian chief, predicts famine in two years. John A. Anderson dies in Liverpool after twelve years in Congress. Virgil Hensnawe arrested in Indianapolis for poisoning Mrs. Mary Duncan. New York passes factory inspection to end sweating. Thirty saddle horses burned at Hot Springs stables. Canadian millers incorporate to expand flour markets and cut ship rates. Austro-Hungarian silver stock totals £15,000,000. American authors form association in New York. Wentworth S. Sluggingson elected president. Lord Salisbury defends retaliatory policy. Times and Standard critique.
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Howling Bear
John A. Anderson
Kansas
Congress
Liverpool
Virgil Hensnawe
Indianapolis
Mary Duncan
New York
L'Lower
Oakland
Chicago
Metropolitan
Hot Springs
Ark
Millers of
Canada
Europe
Austro-Hungary
Thomas Wentworth Sligginson
Lord Salisbury
Hastings
Times and Standard
New Orleans Street Car Strike Over Non-Union Hiring
Reported strike in New Orleans as street car workers protest hiring of non union labor. Several financial and legal notices appear, including insolvency petitions for KK. PF. Wilson of Boston and C. E. Appleton of Boston. Fire damages in Oswego and other incidents noted.
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New Orleans
KK. PF. Wilson
Boston
Danish Foreign Minister Barom Rosencern Lehn Is Dead
The article reports the death of Barom Rosencern Lehn, Danish minister of foreign affairs. It notes other varied items including a Chicago contractor with liabilities, parliamentary dissolution rumors, a railway workers’ group adjournment, elopement charges in Illinois, marine hospital doctor appointments, animal transport protests in Congress, and several violent crimes and legal matters across multiple states.
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Barom Rosencern Lehn
J. W. Cassel & Co
Chicago
Chattanooga
Chas. Harden
Springfield
Ils
George
Baby
Mule
Forsythe
Marine Hospital Service
James Il. Oakley
Cairo
Various 1900s News Briefs Span Deaths Strikes and Projects
Ex Senator Deal of Iowa dies at his Des Moines home. Mrs Blaine and secretary visit New York for grandchild. Aurania quarantined with small pox aboard. Seventy six ships lost at sea last month. Youngstown streetcar workers strike over pay. Bunco man O'Brien captured in Paris then escapes. Missouri River levels fall near St Louis resuming business. Beale Persian minister seeks marriage to Miss Blaine. General Grant tomb funding seeks 46900 dollars. Bridget Connors dies at Pall River mill. Charlestown mob plans boycott after lynching. New York to build Cortlandt Dam to hold 41 billion gallons water costing 4 million. Rep Busey anticipated to accept renomination and withdraw his earlier declination.
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Deal
Iowa
Des Moines
Blaine
New York
Youngstown
O'Brien
Utien
Paris
Missouri
St. Louis
Beale
Hattie Blaine
Porter
Bridget Connors
King Phillips
Pall River
Mass
Charlestown
New York City
Cortlandt
N. Y
Washington
Busey
Illinois
Chicago and New York Grain and Livestock Quotations Report
Quotations on the Chicago board of trade show Wheat May at 4.4c, June and July mixed results. Corn and Oats prices shown with multiple contracts. Live stock at Union Stock Yards reports mixed cattle and hog demand, with prices rising for certain classes and steady sheep and lamb markets. Produce and fruit prices listed, including butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, apples, and strawberries with regional variations. New York market adds further grain prices and meat values for the period.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Park
Texas
Hebrons
Bermuda
Tennessee
New York
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A. G. Anderson
Frank Henderson
Thomas Fitzgerald
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A. P. McClarren
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Amarilla
J. Morgan Crumpton
Nashville
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Bridge Gang
R. P. Hudgins
Grape Vine
Jeg
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Jones
G. H
Jenkins
H. M
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Laughton
James
Jonesburg
Markham
H. D
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Osborne
J. H
Reed
Ella
Winchester
Swann
Tyler
Taylor
Memphis
Turner
John
Taylor, Jr
Little Rock
H. H
Wolf City
Kynopsis
Senator Hill
Charlotte
N. C
John L. Sullivan
Otis W. David
Waco
Albert L. Stanton
New York Central
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Rochester
Auburn
Tic
Taft's College
James ‘Taylor
Kennedyville
Mad
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Clarksville
McKinley
Binghamton
Woolen Manufacturing Company
Hirsch Committe
Nealy & Co
Haverhill
C. E. Appleton
Tracy
Baltimore
Navy
Mauritius
Caldacano
Spain
Crespo
Los Alabias
Palacio
Oswego
Corn Exchange
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Atlantic
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Pietro
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Mro
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Union
East Buffalo
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