Memphis Faces Overcrowding as Flood Spreads in Delta
Refugees flood Memphis as St Francia levees break near Trice's Landing Ark and at Random Shot and Shawnee Village Ark threaten Arkansas and Mississippi lands. Secretary Root pledges tents and provisions, while river stages edge down in some areas amid continued alarms.
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Memphis
St. Francia
Trice
Lmding
Ark
Mississippi
Shawnee Village
Shawnee
Arkangas
Trice‘s
Mississppi
St. Louis
Calvo
Wil Kiang
Root
Vicksburg
Palmyra Island
Jefferson Davis
Masked Hold Up on Railway Turns Deadly
Three masked robbers attempted a night car hold up on the Los Angeles to Santa Monica line. Passenger C. W. Henderson fired, a pistol battle followed, and in the exchange Yi. A. Griswold of Manson Iowa was killed while three others were wounded. The bandits fled after likely wounding one of their number.
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Los Angeles and Pacific Electric
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Cal
C. W. Henderson
Yi. A. Griswold
Manson
Iowa
Jeff Grogan
Huntsville
Ala
Pennsylvania
Columbia
D. C
St. Joseph
Wife
Babe
Moites
Mexico City
Frederick William Farrar
Canterbury
Six Twins Tie the Knot in Quirky Hayton Wedding
In Hayton Wisconsin a unique ceremony joined three Andrews brothers John Jamoa and Andrew to three Maxwell sisters Agnes Elsie and Clara. All six brides and grooms were born on the same day, binding the couples by birthdate and family.
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Hayton
Wis
John
Jamoa
Andrew Andrews
Agnes
Elsie
Clara
Maxwell
Hiram Maxwell
Tragic Fiskville Murder Suicide Shocks Hamlet
In Fiskville Mags Mrs Peter Burks a machinist wife slays her four children and then herself by cutting her throat after sealing doors and windows The disaster is discovered when two boys report smoke and firefighters save the scene revealing a charred interior and a grim mass including the mother and all five bodies The motive and full details remain unclear though heads of the children are found split open and the mother dies of a throat wound.
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Peter Burks
Fiskville
Mags
Amoke
Earring Wife Confesses in Buffalo Court Case
Mrs. Alice Mull Burdick widow of Erwin L. Burdick testified in a Buffalo court after noon about her relationship with Arthur Pennell. District Attorney Coatsworth read letters to show her history from 1898 to 1901 and again after Burdick forgave her, as spectators watched the inquest into Burdick’s murder on February 26.
Secretary Roots Reject Rathbone Charges Against Wood
Secretary Root declined to require General Leonard Wood to answer Rathbone’s charges. He endorses the action saying the charges are unfounded and no further action will be taken. The note cites Wood’s prior approval by the War Department and distinguishes the Jai Alai gift as a Cuban gratitude gesture, not official policy.
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Rathbone
Wood
Root
B. G. Rathbone
Leonard Wood
General Wood
Secretary War
United States
Won't Serve Under Crum at Charleston Custom House
Stephen E. Barnwell, a representative of an aristocratic Charleston family, resigned Saturday rather than work under Dr. Crum the new collector of the port. He said he would not work under the negro and wanted to leave before Crum is sworn in.
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Charleston
Texas Senate Passes Anti Pfoor Room Law Signed by Governor
The Texas Legislature approves an anti poker or racing room measure aimed at prohibiting betting on horse races even at the track. The bill is quickly sent to the governor and signed with a special gold pen. It becomes effective ninety days after adjournment.
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Texas
Texas Senate
Report of Arbiter Concessions Amid Coal Strike
The report released in Washington outlines a ten per cent wage raise for contract miners and eight or nine hour days for various mine workers with wage adjustments. It rejects union recognition, sets up a three to five arbitration board with an appointed umpire, and provides a sliding scale for earnings tied to car prices. The awards run to March 31, 1906, and total damages are estimated around 100.9 million dollars.
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Anthracite Coal Strike Commission
Washington
Third Judicial District
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Filipinos Untamed and Town Nearer Home Taken by Rebels
Rebels captured Surigao in Mindanao after heavy fighting. A detachment of thirty men from the Tenth Infantry under Lt Patterson and Lt Brown rushed to recapture. Brigadier General Sumner orders two more companies. Reports say Jadrones hold the town. fate of white officials unknown. Governor Taft and General Davis plan talks in Jolo to prevent trouble. Burial ship Prevoy’s crew returns with five hundred soldiers’ bodies. San Domingo unrest continues with forts fallen and government forces in disarray. No U S war vessel will be sent to San Domingo for now.
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Manila
Surigao
Taft
Davis
Jolo
Ingalls
General Davis
Prevoys
San Domingo
San Domings
Republic of Santo Dormings
Plate
Genere Pepin
Io All P
Sanchez
Echenigue
Pena
Wes Gil Hae
Isa
Southern Railway
Toeron
Miller
Thompson
Alabama
Ernest Haywood
Ludlow Skinder
Raléign
Wentworth
Boston
Ruxton
Chicago
Ne Initer
Were Root
Estas G. Rrthbone
Leonard Wood
China
Florence Maybrick
England
Mindanao
Fraaier
Tennessee
McLin
Florida
James R. Keene
New York City
Charleston
Dream of News Inconsistent items from early 1900s era
Dream of News presents a collage of brief items. Train No 35 wrecks near Toeron Georgia with several deaths. Alabama court actions threaten bets by wire. Indictments and notable deaths, inheritances and reforms appear alongside international conflicts and local disturbances.
Shaw Favors Ship Subsidies at New Orleans Banquet
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw was the principal guest at the New Orleans board of trade first annual banquet Saturday night. He advocated ship subsidies during his speech underscoring a policy aimed at supporting maritime commerce.
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Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
New Orléans Board of Trade
Mrs Herzog Inherits Half of McComb Estate in New York
In a New York Supreme Court decision filed Monday, Jane Truax rules Mrs Fannig Rayne McComb Herzog is entitled to about 4 million dollars. The case centers on a clause in her father James Jennings McComb’s will restricting inheritance if she marries.
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Fannig Rayne McComb Herzog
James Jennings McComb
Louis Herzog
Hersog
Janethe Truax
Supreme Court of New York
Crum Reappointed Despite Senate Rejection
A Washington special reports President reappointed Dr W B Crum colored collector of customs at Charleston and William M Byrne US district attorney for Delaware after their nominations failed to win Senate confirmation in the recent session.
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Agaln Namen Negro
Washington
W .B. Crum
Charleston
William M. Byrne
United State District
Delaware
Toth O
Senate
General Strike Looms as Atlanta Printers Union Acts
The Atlanta Typographical Union endorses a national call to boycott Foote & Davies. If shops in the Employing Printers' Club take their work, a citywide general lockout could occur across nearly all Atlanta printing shops.
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Atlanta
Eight Held for Murder in Wynne Arkansas Case
Wynne Arkansas dispatch reports the coroners jury indicts eighteen for first degree murder in the killing of John H. Brown a Memphis detective. Eight held without bond awaiting grand jury action. Fifteen arrests followed the shooting. six of the eight accused are brothers. Brown and fellow detectives were probing alleged whitecapping raids.
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Wynne
Ark
Coronier's
John H. Brown
Memphis
Brown
Miami Dredging Underway on New Shorter Channel
Dredging began Thursday morning in Miami Florida on a new channel 100 feet wide and 18 feet deep designed to shorten the route to the sea. The channel will be under three miles long, significantly less than the existing route of about 13 miles to deep water.
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Miami
Fla
Steamer Plymouth Collides With Freight Ship in Fog
A foggy collision in Long Island Sound near Plum Island injures and kills aboard the Plymouth of the Fall River line. The City of Taunton rammed the Plymouth, tearing cabins and upper works. six dead, several hurt, investigations ordered.
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Plymouth
Taunton
Long Island Sound
Domingo
United States
Atlanta
Knoxville
Tenn
Will Collins
Fall River
New London
Jown
New York
City of Taunton
Flum Island
New London Wharf
City of
Boston protest hears claim of Philippine truth suppression
At Faneuil Hall a Boston audience heard Mrs. Elton Richter of Syracuse claim her son died in the Philippines after torture ordered by Lt. W T Sinclair. Herbert Welch cited court martial failure and alleged refusals to release records and President Roosevelt's indifference to her appeal for justice.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Philippines
Elton
Richter
Syracuse
N. Y
Herbert Welch
Philadelphia
Welch
Mississippi Jurist Terral Dies After Illness
Governor Longino learned Friday afternoon of the death of Judge H. H. Terrall associate justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court. Terrall had retired temporarily about three weeks prior due to health issues and passes at last.
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Terral
State Supreme Court
Longino
Mississippi
H. Terrall
Terrall
Packers Heavily Fined by Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Supreme Court levied 5000 dollar fines on Armour Cudahy Swift Hammond and Schilds Sulaber ger Packing companies in the ouster case brought by the attorney general. Each defendant must pay 5000 dollars costs within thirty days or face ouster from the state.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Attorney General of Missouri
Jefferson City
Gaston County Mills Welcomed in North Carolina
A charter is granted for the Moro Webb cotton mill in Dallas Gaston county with a $160 000 capital making it the thirtieth cotton mill in the county.
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Gaston's
Moro-Webb Cotton Mill
Dallas
Gaston County
North Carolina
Germany to Exhibit at St Louis Exposition
A Berlin dispatch reports the Reich Ministry approved 760000 dollars for Germany to participate in the St Louis exposition and cover related expenses. The move signals Germany's active display at the event.
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Germany
St Louis
Berlin
Senate Ratifies Cuban Reciprocity Treaty After Amendments
The Senate approved the Cuban reciprocity treaty with an amendment by Senator Bacon leveling the duty advantage across cotton fabric grades, ratifying 50 to 16 after a day of executive sessions and detailed roll calls. The move aligns southern cotton interests with New England mills and nearly completes the treaty process.
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Washington
Bacon
Congress
Senate
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Democrats
South
New England
Cuba
Wag
Yeas
Aldrich
Alger
Allen
Allison
Ankeny
Ball
Beverlge
Blackburo
Burnham
Burrows
Burton
Clark
Wyoming
Lockren
Cullom
Depew
Dietrich
Dolliyer
Dryden
Elkins
Fairbanks
Foraker
Poster
Frye
Fulton
Gallager
Gamble
Gorman
Hanns
Hansbrough
Herburn
Hopkins
Kean
Latimer
Lodge
Long
McComas
McCreary
McCumber
Nelson
Overman
Penrong
Fatal Southern wreck claims three lives near Toccoa
A Southern railway passenger train 36 derailed at Carrehes Crossing four miles south of Toccoa after leaving Atlanta at 2 am. Engineer Bil Miller and Fireman Fred Thom, both of Atlanta, died from their injuries. A colored tramp, Wright of Westminster, was killed as he rode between the locomotives and the mail car.
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Miller
Tho
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Carrehes Crossing
Toccoa
Bil Miller
Fred Thom
Wright
Westminster
Forceful mob assaults man for laziness in Nashville
A mob of twelve whitecaps seized Henry Meas from his log cabin in Nashville Indiana on Thursday. They tied him to a fence and beat him with a buggy whip, while the leaders masked their faces and broke down the cabin door with rails.
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Indiana
Henry Measa
Nashville
Mathix
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Edwin L. Burdick
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