Water Dyke Cut Threatens Farmland Flood in Madison
Madison levee break reported at four this morning allows backwater flood into 5 000 to 10 000 acres of farming land. Break located three miles northwest of Venice near Horseshoe Lake, water flows from Cahokia Creek, river falling slowly as relief plans await. The cause remains uncertain though malice is suspected and authorities note wide river redistribution will ease railroad embankment pressure.
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Madison Levee
St. Lovia
Venucs
Canteen
Indian Creek
East St. Louis
Madison
Venice
Edwardsville
Cahokia
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Cahokia Creek
Impeachment Petition Sways Pennsylvania House
In Lycoming County a petition from Lackawanna citizens seeks impeachment of Governor Hoyt and Attorney General Palmer over judiciary actions. The proposal cites improper judges appointments and pardons of Kemble and associates as grounds. A related ruling by Haddeman faces party-line votes amid heated exchanges. A separate report notes a large fire in Ottumwa, Iowa with estimated losses.
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Hammssies
House of Representatives
Bierly
Lycoming County
Lackawana County
Hoyt
Palmer
Beedon
Kemble
Ruddeman
Judiciary General Committee
Haddeman
Fire wipes out J I Taylor & Co wholesale house in Orrswa Iowa
Early May 6 a blaze at 3 am destroyed the J I Taylor & Co wholesale dry goods and book house on Market and Main in Orrswa Iowa. The four story 40 by 132 foot building and the adjacent First National Bank were consumed with losses estimated between 150 000 and 175 000 dollars and insured for about three quarters.
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Orruswa
J. Iu. Taylor & Co
Market
Main Streets
National Bank
Harper, Chambers &Co
Taylor
Taylor & Co
First National Bank
Harper, Chambers & Co
Cockerill
Laramie Lodge
Springfield Steel Works End Strike and Rail Crash Near Illiopods
Springfield Tron Company workers resume after a brief strike. A Wabash line collision near Illiopods destroys engines, injures crew, and causes substantial property loss estimated around twenty five thousand dollars. Freight and passenger trains delayed by foggy morning. Nashville races conclude with multiple stakes results. Newspaper consolidation in Hannibal Missouri. Obituary notes Chicago lawyer Charles Hitchcock. Upper Mississippi Valley forecast signals fair weather turning to rain with winds shifting and rising temperatures.
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Spniscriztp
Springfeld Tron Company
Illiopods
Wasurxoror
D. C
Mississippi
Missouri
Trains Resume Regular Service After Flood in Atchison
Reports from Atchison indicate Chicago Rock Island and Pacific trains are back on schedule for the first time since the flood with regular service expected on the Nebraska and other lines. Missouri Pacific through service anticipated. Hannibal and St Jos routes not yet announced. White labor tensions and Fort Smith meetings amid tax disputes in Choctaw Nation stir regional unrest. Washington notes report executive session votes and Robertson confirmation battles in the Senate with military division reorganization under Schofield and Garfield’s stance toward Conkling.
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Atchison , Nebraska Road
St. Joe
Strmte Rocr
Gazette
Fort Smith
Ark
Phantane
Washington News
Wasaisatoxs D
Senate
Dawes
New York
Robertson
Conkling
Giarfield
Secretary of War
Sherman
Sheridan
Division of the Gulf
Schofield
Gulf
Missouri
Atlantic
Pacific
Hancock
McDowell
Garfield
Royal Wedding Preparations and Ocean Survivor Tales
The bulletin reports preparations for the Austrian royal wedding with crowds in Vienna and knightly tributes, while also recounting a mariner’s tale of shipwreck and survival after leaving the French warship Lamarine. A recovered seaman named Antonio Haton describes days adrift before rescue and return to New Orleans.
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Antonio Haton
Lateria
Lamarine
Blanc
Mariner
New Orleans
Viensa
Rudolph
Stephania
Salsburg
Vienna
Fire in Coals Shaft Leaves Six Supposed Dead
A shaft fire at Green's coal mine in Cannoxpate Kansas started by a furnace, consuming timbering. Twenty miners were at work. fourteen were rescued alive while three were found dead and three more missing, including a boy named Pat Mallin. Names of the dead and missing include Hungate, Jake McDonald, Andrew Warren, Charles Jones, Michael Muller, and Pat Mallin.
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Cannoxpate
Kas
Green
Hungate
Jake McDonald
Andrew Warren
Charles Jones
Michael Muller
Pat Mallin
Entered for the Races and Telegraph Stock News
May 6 report from Carcaco notes Gilbert Hubbard founder of Gilbert Hubbard & Co dies of pneumonia. July trotting meeting entries close with 187 horses, the largest entry in a meeting. Mutual Union Telegraph stock fully subscribed, New York seeking more funds after a $2,500,000 allotment.
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Carcaco
Gilbert Hubbard
Gilbert, Hubbard & Co
New
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
New York
Five Held in Star Route Bond Fraud Warrants Issued
United States Commissioner Smith issued warrants for five people accused of fraud against the government in star route bond schemes. Wm HR Cason James Fook and Joseph Wackmar were arrested after preliminary exams. Bonds dated 1879 involved routes 1302 and 31 with alleged contrived contracts and inflated payments. Bail set at 5000 dollars for each. Cason bailed. Additional warrants for Joseph R Beach and Henry C Arbuckle issued. Government officials promise further disclosures.
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Privapetrnia
United States
Smith
Wm. HR. Cason
James Fook
Joseph Wackmar
Funk
Blackmar
Cason
Fort Griffin
Fort Elliiott
Texas
Bracketsville
Fort Stockton
Fort Elliott
Mecina
Joseph R. Beach
Henry C. Arbuckle
Charles W. Matthews
Three Children Killed by Lightning in Mississippi
In Mayfield Mississippi a lightning strike killed nine year old Fannie Turner and seven year old Willie Turner as well as six year old Mary Hightower while they played under a tree near W Palmer eight miles east of Winona. In Minnesota a skiff capsized on the Chippewa River at Benson killing Mrs Collen and her three year old son with bodies recovered today.
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Mements
Winona, Miss
W. Palmer
Winon
Fannie
Willie Turner
Mary Hightower
St. Paul
Chippewa River
Benson
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