Flood Devastates Pueblo As River Levees Fail
A two day storm caused the Arkansas and Fountain Rivers to burst levees in Pueblo Colorado flooding the lower town. Rescue efforts saved about 300 families while waters six feet deep drowned parts of Court Street and the Journal building. Power and telegraph lines failed as the flood rose rapidly.
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Pueblo
Colo
Arkansas
Fountain River
Court Street
Journal
United Press
Floods Across British Columbia Reach Critical Levels
Vancouver reports the Fraser River flood causing extensive devastation. Livestock losses and multiple drownings reported as villages along the river are submerged. Rail traffic halted. towns including Chilliwack Harrison and Centerville inundated. Mission City wires down and access to the east cut off. In Seattle the Puget Sound region nearly isolated as Canadian Pacific and other lines remain blocked by floodwaters. The Fraser River is said to be higher than at any time in two decades.
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Vancouver
B. C
Langley
Langley Hotel
Langley Prairie
Hatziee Prairie
Morris
Chillawack
Harrison
Centerville
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Hatzic
Necomen
Hatzie and Griffin
Hatzic Prairie
Matzqui
Mission City
Mission Railroad Bridge
Thee
Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Great Northern
Frazer River
Mechanic Falls Post Office Robbed of 1000 Dollars
The post office at Mechanic Falls Maine was broken into Wednesday night with a theft of 1000 dollars. A trolley on the Lynn and Boston line was struck by a Boston and Maine train and thrown twenty feet. The schooner Alta sailing from Wallace to New York ran ashore on Pictou Island and may be a total loss. Joseph Schweiber of Egg Harbor New Jersey left for New York Wednesday seeking his sixteen year old daughter believed to have eloped.
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Mechanic Falls
Illinois State Republican League
Springfield
Lynn
Boston
Maine
Alta
New York
Wallace
Pictou Island
N. S
Joseph Schweiber
Egg Harbor
N. J
Miners Attack Trains Delivering West Virginia Coal
A Glouster Ohio special reports striking miners detaining a Toledo and Ohio Central coal train and later a second train, prompting a request for military aid as violence escalates. In Massillon, 250 miners attacked three Wheeling and Lake Erie trains, breaking engine windows and injuring several trainmen.
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Ohio
CoLtumBus
Glouster
Toledo & Ohio Central
West Virginia
M. M. Riley
Athens County
Kanawha and
Michigan
Toledo and
Ohio Central
Hocking Valley
Massillon
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Herrodsville
Governor Waite Confers With Strikers At Victor
Colorado Governor Waite secretly left Denver for Victor to meet with striking workers. He plans to go to Cripple Creek to discuss with labor knights, while Deputies remain at Divide. Denver and Colorado Springs press condemn his partiality amid looming clashes as Cripple Creek tensions rise.
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Denver
Waite
Rio Grande Road
Victor
Cripple Creek
Divide
Waites
Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountain News
Negro colony land deal in Mexico eyed for 2.5 million acres
In San Antonio on May 31 the Mexican coffee-cotton colonization company bought two million five hundred thousand acres in Coahuila and Chihuahua from Ex-Governor Gonzales for over one million dollars. The land borders the Rio Grande and holds coal and minerals. W H Ellis agrees to colonize ten thousand negroes on part of it. Nearby, railroads face coal shortages and maintenance work continues. Memorial Day activities in St. Louis featured a parade and the unveiling of General McNeil's statue at Belle Fontaine cemetery.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexican Coffee-Cotton Colonization Company
Gonzales
Chihuahua
Mexico
Coahuila
Rio Grande River
Republic of Mexico
W. H. Ellis
St. Louis
Grand Army
Belle Fontaine Cemetery
General McNeil
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Rhode Island
South
M. T. Bryan
Tennessee
B. F. Elliot
Florida
General Evans Sweeps Another County in Primary
MorGan Ga May 31 Evans wins the county by a 12 vote majority in today’s primary.
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Evans
MorGan, Ga
Southern Inter-State Immigration Congress Opens in Augusta
Augusta May 31 1890 Southern Inter-State Immigration Congress opens with all southern states represented Governor Northen welcomes delegates from Georgia and other states Juan Bryan presides as talks cover immigration needs and industrial growth Leaders highlight Augusta history Eli Whitney cotton gin and rising manufacturing capacity across the region.
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Northen
Georgia
States
Augusta
Southern Inter- State Immigration Congress
Bryan
Tennessee
J. H. Alexander
Congress
Alexander
South Atlantic States
Oglethorpe
Virginia
Alabama
East
North Carolina
North Georgia
South Carolina
Eli Whitney
South
Senator Walsh
United States
Patrick Walsh
Commercial Club
McCorkle
West Virginia
Carr
Tillman
New Orleans Not Liable in Riot Damage Cases
The United States Court of Appeals reviewed Italian suits against New Orleans for damages from the March 14 1891 parish prison assault. Abbagnetti was the test case. the lower court awarded $5000 to Abbagnetti and other judgments ranged 1500 to 5000. Judge Parlange held no cause of action against municipal mobs except for property damage. the ruling was sustained with McCormick and Locke concurring.
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New OrEaNs
New Orleans
United States Court of Appeals
Abbagnetti
Parlange
McCormick
Locke
Mrs Fitzgerald Acquitted After Brief Trial
In New York on May 31 Catherine M Fitzgerald, sister of Inspector McLaughlin, was found not guilty. The jury acquitted after six minutes deliberation with the foreman noting she was insane at the time of the killing.
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New Yor
McLaughlin
Catherine M. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Davis
Cowing
Episcopal diocese council session in Birmingham Alabama
The diocesean council of the Episcopal church in Alabama convened at Advent Church Birmingham. Clergy Rev Beard Stickney Murray Smith and Bishop Jackson attended services. Rev W C Whitaker preached the convention sermon. R H Dobbs was re elected secretary and H M Jackson served as president. Dr Powers of St Johns Montgomery gave a sermon on Thy gentle ass hath made me great.
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Birmincqham
Episcopal Church
D. D
Greensboro
H. M. Jackson
Dr. Powers
St. Johns Church
Montgomery
Ala
Pennsylvania steel plants close due to coke shortage
The Edgar Thompson Steel Works in Braddock reports no coke shipped for the first time since the strike began. Furnance A at Carnegie may close as manganese production halts. Miner departments will stop. sixty Hungarian workers depart by Pennsylvania Railroad to return to Hungary. Other items note Kim Wing heading to Mexico and plans to recruit 200,000 Mexicans for Central American plantations. Congress resumes after Decoration Day holiday.
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Pennsylvania Steel
Braddock
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Carnegie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hungary
Plants in Ents area halt operations
Several Erie region iron works including Erie Forge and Eagle Furnaces shut down yesterday amid unspecified plant shutdowns in Ents Pennsylvania. Local officials and workers seek details as industries pause operations.
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Ents
Erie Forge
Eagle Furnaces
J ‘Ron
Albany Wreck Wounds Dozens as Train Plunges Embankment
An excursion train from Columbia extension of the Central Railroad derailed near Holt's station at 7 am injuring about forty passengers. The rear car rolled down a steep embankment as crowds of people were crowded inside. Three riders John Smith Andy Jones and Mrs Little are fatally injured. About 1,000 aboard with 100 in the derailed coach. Several others suffer serious injuries including spinal trauma and head cuts.
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Albany
Columbia
Ala
Central Railroad
Holt’s
Bennie’s
John Smith
Bluffton
Andy Jones
Edison
Andersonville
Little
Hillton
C. T. Butler
Arlington
G. T. Panuel
Hailsburg
John T. Norris
Anderson
L. M. Free
Damascus
J.J. Slappey
Miss Slappy
Ililder
A. L. Williams
Frank Tulley
L. A. Tulley
Julius Tulley
M. Holt
G. T. Little
Hilton
T. E. Tulley
John C. Chancey
Blakely
Cora Thompson
William Bradfield
W. H. Sparling
Milford
Henry Batts
J. J
W. E. Fulton
Clay County
E. G. Brown
A. F. Sinquefield
Asheville
Tiden Watkins
J. F. Mills
Assault Upon His Daughter Terrible Crime in Clifton Forge
Clifton Forge Virginia May 31 George Downey a stone and brick mason of Longdale Iron Company has been arrested and jailed in Allegheny County charged with assaulting his daughter Elizabeth Downey aged 18 He pursued her after she fled to Rock Bridge County and attacked her near her home on horseback threatening to kill her if she reported the crime
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Clifton Forge
George Downey
Longdale Iron Company
Allegheny County
Elizabeth Downey
Rock Bridge County
Downey
Turpin invention dispute unsettles Paris papers
Paris papers discuss Turpin's invention allegedly rejected by the War Office, then sold to the German government. The public seeks clarity on whether the invention was serious and valuable, whether it was sold to a foreign government, or if the affair was an extortion attempt against France.
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Paris
Turpins
War Office
Resignation of M Stambuloff Ministry Cited Personal Friction
The May 1 report notes M Stambuloff’s cabinet resigned due to personal friction among members. M Gickoff declined to rebuild the cabinet and urged Prince Ferdinand to invite an opposition representative for that task. Foreign relations of the country will remain unaffected by the change in government.
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Soria
M. Stambuloff
M. Gickoff
Prince Frdinand
Wreck kills eight on Wisconsin Central train in Marshfield
An April 31 3:15 a.m. Wisconsin Central train 26 wrecked through an open switch at Marshfield. Eight killed include engineer James Hubbard and fireman George Gearheart with others dying or missing. Fifteen to twenty injured, some seriously, many burned. Names of victims and injured listed, local and out of state residents.
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Marshfield
Wis
Wisconsin Central Railway
Tweedy Brothers
James Hubbard
Stevens Point
George Gearheart
Judge Bigelow
Mr. Russell
St. Paul
Henry Chester
Wisconsin
O. W. Bozley
Arthur Turnice
Chicago
John Bigelow
Weitzel Glidden
Fannie Burtel
Springdale
Illinois
William Ryan Sturgeon
Ray
A. E. Twichel
Minneapolis
Suez Annuities Proposed for de Lesseps Family
Paris report details 1893 Suez Canal Company finances with revenue of 76,579,992 francs and expenses of 36,964,455 francs leaving about 40,000,000 francs profit and 97 francs per share. Directors propose life annuities for de Lesseps family including 60,000 francs to each of thirteen children and 20,000 francs to others, with arrangements after death. Guichard named acting president, replacing de Lesseps.
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Paris
France
Suez Canal Company
M. Ferdinand de Lessips
M. de Lessep
Mme. de Lesseps
M. Guichard
M. de Lesseps
Bridegroom Beaten by Masked Party in Alabama Wedding
In Geneva near the Florida line Ed Co wart and Miss Lizzie Lanwood faced a disrupted wedding as the bridegroom vanished. A delega tion confronted him, he refused to come, and the wedding party then seized him with masks and carried him into the woods bound him to a log and flogged him until blood flowed.
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Montgomery
Ala
Geneva
Florida
Ed Cowart
Lizzie Lanwood
Miners Move Toward Spillman Works Under Militia Watch
A steamboat load of miners from Pomeroy passes toward Senator Camden's works at Spillman West Virginia to force coal production. They will be reinforced by land forces and expect to face the state militia. The mine shutdown would halt Cincinnati and Pomeroy packet coal traffic. The miners plan to camp at the mine mouth until the work is halted.
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Pomeroy, C
Senator Camden
Spillman
W. Va
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Pomeroy
American Vessels Hid Names And Plunder Canadian Fish
Prospect residents report last Friday a fleet of American vessels fished within three miles of Halifax and hauled mackerel. The crews masked their ship names with canvas and escaped after taking their catches, while locals express indignation at the action.
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Halifax
New Freight Rates Set by Southern Railway Association
Atlanta May 31 The new rates from the Southern Railway and Steamship Association cuts list changes for Boston Providence New York Philadelphia and Baltimore routes. First class 40 cents per hundred pounds from Boston and neighbors. Baltimore rates run 38 to 42 cents with several lower tiers.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway and Steamship Association
Boston
Providence
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Supreme Court Finds Telegraph Not Liable in Cipher Telegram Suit
The Supreme Court ruled the Western Union Telegraph Company not liable for damages to Frank J. Primrose over cipher telegram transmission errors. The decision, from the Circuit Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, involved Primrose seeking $100,000.
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WashineGron
D. C
Supreme Court
Western Union Telegraph Company
Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Frank J. Primrose
Telegraph Company
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