Unprecedented Floods Hit South Texas and Surrounding Areas
Dallas reports continued flooding across south Texas with one fatality. San Marcos endures its worst flood on record, water rising beyond the 1900s peak. Cotton lands near Brazos rivers submerged. Palestine sees heavy rain causing washouts. Cleburne and La Grange endure washouts and river rises. rail service disrupted on several lines. Continuous rainfall expands flood reach across Cameron, Texan, Burnham, and nearby towns.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
San Marcos
Upland
G. Smith
Plum Creek
Cameron
Big Brazos
Little Brazos
Palestine
International
Great Northern
Texan
Western Union Telegraph Office
Burnham
Cleburne
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Colorado River
la Grange
Bastrop
Decorations for Mayors and Officials by German Emperor
Berlin authorities report numerous decorations awarded to American figures amid Prince Henry of Prussia’s U S visit. Mayors Ashbridge Cincinnati Wells St Louis and others receive Red Eagle and crown orders, while officers and notable figures receive diamond and gold accessories. Autograph photos of the Prince are given to yacht designers, with a broad list of other gifts to officials and prominent men across New York Chicago Milwaukee and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Prince Henry
Prussia
Samuel H. Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Julius Flieschmann
Cincinnati
Rolla Wells
St. Louis
David R. Francis
Missouri
Arthur Eddy
Chicago
Gustav H. Schwab
New York
W.S. McCheseney
Gustav Fisher
McKinley
Camille von Kleuze
J. Gustav Zimmermann
John N. Partridge
Titus
Henry Rubens
William Vocke
Baumbach
Milwaukee
George C. Boldt
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
F. F. Coakley
Wilhelm Schmidt
C. C. Cary- Smith
Henry Barbey
Foreign Office
America
David J. Hitt
Robley D. Evans
H. C. Corbin
Theo. A. Bingham
W. S. Cowles
Navy
H. H. D. Peirce
Thomas Sturgis
Thurston
Cartwright
Brooks
Harley
Thompson
Kane
Cross
Schmittberger
Wendell
Captain Smith
Harbor Police
Hunsdorfer
Pinkerton Bureau
Mr. Deutsch
34Th Street Pier
Hohenzollern
Louis Murphy
United States Secret Service
Frederick F. Coyne
Willard’s Hotel
Washington
Prince
Seth Low
Patrick A. Collins
Boston
Carter H. Harrison
Navy Department
Naval
Military Academies
New York Yacht Club
University Club
Armory Office
Squadron A
Lowell Old Home Week Showcases Fashion Corner Deals
The Lowell celebration marks Old Home Week with a week of special values in men and boys wear. A progressive clothing store highlights a fire laddies window and other displays offering especially low prices to draw new shoppers to fashion corner.
Rioting at Shenandoah Mines Amid Strikes In July
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a crowd of about 1000 strikers and youths marched overnight visiting West Shenandoah colliery and driving non union workers from engines pumps and fire rooms. Stones damaged breakers windows while Indian Ridge colliery faced special police. Deputies union organizers and a sheriff’s posse worked to restore order.
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Shenandoah
West Shenandoah
Coal and Iron Police
Indian Ridge
Coombs
Ginley
Harmony convention selects three for minor Iowa posts
Des Moines July 30 The Republican State convention settled tariff policy and chose three candidates for minor offices clerk of the supreme court reporter of the supreme court and railroad commissioner. The meeting opened at 11 with Senators Allison and Dolliver Secretary Wilson and most of the congressional delegation present Capt J W Rumple ill in Chicago was absent Walter I Smith of Potawatomi county named temporary chairman.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Allison and Dolliver
Wilson
J. W. Rumple
Chicago
Walter I. Smith
Pottawatomie County
Old Home Week in Salem Ends With Lantern Parade and Harbor Illumination
Salem hosts a vibrant Old Home Week culminating in a grand harbor illumination and boat parade. Mayor Hurley leads the city parade with Fred A. Warner as chief of staff. Hartford jackies docked for a street parade and dine with locals while bands perform on both sides of the harbor.
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Salem
Mass
John F. Hurley
Fred A. Warner
Marshal Hurley
Washington Square
Fire Department
Broad Street
Hartford
The
Wilows
Great Harbor
Fort Lee
Salem Neck
Beverly Harbor
Beverly
William H. Moody
Collapse of Halsted Street Crowd Sees Man Wounded
In Chicago on July 30 a sidewalk collapse outside 3438 Halsted street sent fifty people plummeting ten feet as onlookers watched a wounded man named Enos Daley be carried to a doctor. Four were gravely injured and about a dozen others suffered less serious bruises. The shooting, likely tied to a brawl near Thirty-eighth and Morgan streets, drew the crowd.
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Chicago
Halsted Street
Enos Daley
Thirty-eighth
Morgan Streets
Vast North Dakota Storm Destruction Report
Grand Forks, N D reports indicate yesterday’s storm was the most widespread and destructive in state history. An immense wave affected northeastern North Dakota with wind hail and rain. Damage hit Pembina Walsh Grand Forks Ramsey Traill Nelson Cavalier counties with numerous losses and extensive crop destruction from Niagara to Mapes. Insurance men refuse to estimate total losses.
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St. Paul
Minn
Grand Forks
N. D
Pembina
Walsh
Ramsay
Traill
Nelson
Cavalier
Michigan City
Niagara
Mapes
ANOTHER OIL TRUST CONSOLIDATES SUMMERLAND FIELDS
Santa Barbara July 30 A deal uniting nearly all Summerland oil interests four miles south of the city consolidates the properties. An Eastern syndicate has subscribed 700 000 for development. The combined 17 875 acres with water frontage forms a 2 000 000 capitalization trust.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Summerland
Tide
Linnville postmaster shot by robbers in Warrick County
Evansville July 30 L D Zimmermann postmaster for 25 years at Linnville Warrick county was fatally shot by two robbers who stole over 500 dollars and fled on a hand car. A posse is in pursuit.
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Evansville
Ind
L. D. Zimmermann
Linnville
Warrick County
Unrest grows in Macedonia and Albania due to revolutionary activity
Constantinople reports rising anxiety in diplomatic circles over renewed revolutionary committee actions fueling unrest in Macedonia and Albania amid regional tensions and foreign policy concerns.
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Constantinople
Macedonia
Albania
Cairo Cholera Epidemic Widens in Egypt
Cholera cases rise in Cairo with 41 new infections and 35 deaths reported yesterday. Mauda records 22 new cases and 14 deaths, and the disease has appeared at Zizeh, signaling spread within the region.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mauda
Zizeh
Fitchburg Holds Franco American Day Parade
Fitchburg celebrated Franco American day during Old Home Week with a large parade of local and visiting societies and military organizations. The event, led by chief marshal C Forest, drew wide attention for its impressive display and orderly procession.
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Fitchburg
C. Forest
Exercises at City Hall Followed by Bicycle Races
Beverly July 30 reports that events during Old Home Week begin with city hall exercises and continue with bicycle races. Officials and residents anticipated a busy schedule through today and tomorrow.
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City Hall
Beverly
Disbrow Linked to Grandfather Estate Amid Tragedy
New York reports indicate Louis A. Disbrow, held in River Head jail on a Suffolk county grand jury charge connected to the deaths at Good Ground Long Island, is believed to be heir to about 50 000 from Hosea B. Perkins estate as the 83 year old patriarch died amid questions over a missing will. Perkins had been ill for over a year and did not learn of his grandson’s involvement before his death.
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New York
Suffolk County
Clarence W. Foster
Capt Guild Honored at Norwood Old Home Week
Norwood observed Old Home Week with the unveiling of a monument to Capt Aaron Guild a Revolutionary hero. Harold E Fales delivered the dedication address as more than six hundred guests attended events including church grounds ceremonies band concerts receptions and a village hall collation under the auspices of the board of trade and the Business Men's association.
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Norwood
Aaron Guild
Congregational Church
Harold E. Fales
Board of Trade
Business Men's Association of
Village Hell
Dr Virgin Spoke at Old Home Week in Carver
A large crowd gathered in Carver for Old Home Week with Baptist church and high school rooms filled. Rev. Samuel H. Virgin of New York delivered the address. Poems followed by Hon. Peleg McFarlin and Herbert Randall of Hartford, with brief remarks by Alfred M. Shaw and others.
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Carver
Baptist
Samuel H. Virgin
New York City
Peleg MceFarlin
Herbert Randall
Hartford
Conn
Alfred M. Shaw
Colonial Premiers Conference Set for Four-Year Followups
London July 30 Colonial Secretary Chamberlain presided over a conference of colonial premiers. They practically agreed on similar meetings every four years with topics including empire political relations, mutual patent protection, acquisition of ocean cables, and regulation of wireless telegraphy.
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London
Chamberlain
Explosion at Shirogan mine wrecks house and buildings
Harrisburg July 30 The explosion of a gasoline engine at the mines of Jacob Shirogan revidua operator at Short Mountain wrecked the newer house of the colliery and destroyed the breakers and storage house. The loss will amount to thousands of dollars, partially insured.
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Harrisburg
Jacob Shirogan
Short Mountain
Dedication of New Town Hall Highlights Old Home Week
Warren marks Old Home Week with the dedication of a new town hall. General Curtis Guild Jr of Boston delivers the principal address replacing ex Governor John D Long who could not attend. Dr Andrew J Canfield of Brooklyn and Jennie Patrick Walker of Boston also spoke and sang.
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Warren
Curtis Guild, Jr
Boston
General Guild
John D. Long
Andrew J. Canfield
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jennie Pattrick Walker
Russia Financier Outlines Rural Reforms and Credit
St Petersburg July 16. M de Witte, minister of finance, says communal ownership will not be abolished but aims to remove its worst features. He stresses the czars interest in agriculture and calls for cheap village credit to curb usury and support broader reforms. The commission on agriculture and the peasantry draws growing attention amid debates on irrigation, reforestation, railroads, and rural industry.
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Associated Press
St. Petersburg
Commission
M. de Witte
Russia
Tax rate reduced in Holyoke as assessors report
Holyoke officials announced a municipal tax rate of 16 per 1000 dollars, 20 cents lower than last year and 40 cents less than two years ago. Total valuation stands at 40,702,410 dollars, up 750,480, with real estate 20,143,380 dollars and personal estate 10,077,650 dollars. Polls total 11,198, down 304 due to textile strike movements. The assessment cites Lyman mills operatives leaving the city for other centers.
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Holyoke
Lyman Mills
Collision sinks Prince Alexander. forty lives lost
In the Malacca Straits collision between the British steamers Prince Alexander and Ban-Hin-Guan the Prince Alexander sank with forty lives lost. The Prince Alexander was built in Prussia and the Ban-Hin-Guan was built at Glasgow.
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Singapore
Malacca
Straits Settlement
Prince Alexander
Prussia
Glasgow
Young aide John W. Davis dies after accidental gunshot
Salamanca New York reports John W. Davis age 26 died after an accidental self-inflicted gunshot while cleaning a firearm in preparation for a hunting trip. He served as secretary to Congressman Vreeland.
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Salamanca
N. Y
John W. Davis
Vreeland
Out of court settlement eyed in police court session
In the police court this morning William H Emery and Emma Nute faced charges of selling encumbered property without notification. Judge Hadley set Sept 3 for a continuance as a settlement is anticipated. Other cases heard included tardiness with drunkenness fines and a battering case leading to a $15 fine and $100 bond. John J Smith awaits trial for dog theft.
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William H. Emery
Emma Nute
George R. Richardson
Hadley
Joseph T. Brown
Frank M. Early
Edward J. Jordan
Ela
Brown
Jordan
Bumps
Jeremiah Linnehan
William Perry
John Beland
William George Sylvester Bumpus
Reland
Perry
Red Shirts Among Prize Winners At Local Parade Event
About 45 contesting companies will join a parade and tournament on the South common tomorrow. Hingham and Brockton Vets arrived first, with Butler Vets guiding them. Fire laddies in red shirts and blue caps spread through Lowell as hotels fill. drawing for playout positions at the St Charles tonight.
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South Common
Hingham Vets
Brockton
Butler
Lowell
St. Charles Hote
Citizen
Freight Cars Plunge Into Reading Station at Prospect Street
A detached train of fourteen Reading freight cars jumped the track at Prospect street in Trenton New Jersey and crashed into the Reading station. The impact wrecked the ticket office and badly damaged the building requiring extensive rebuilding. Two brakemen leapt clear before the collision, and a single worker in the ticket office escaped unharmed.
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Trenton
N. J
Reading Railway
Prospect Street
Freight Train Collision Delays Adirondack Trains Near Utica
A collision of freight trains occurred at Stillville ten miles north of Utica this morning. A dozen freight cars piled on the track delaying Adirondack and Northern New York trains for several hours.
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Utica
N. Y
Stillville
Adirondack
Northern
New York
Greek Worker Killed in Card Room Accident
A Greek laborer named Nicholas Barris, residence unknown, was fatally injured at 1 pm in the card room of Lawrence Manufacturing Co. His right arm was torn off and he died shortly after at Lowell hospital. The company office was contacted about the incident but claimed ignorance of the man’s identity and details.
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Nicholas Barris
Lawrence Manufacturing Co
Lowell Hospital
Lawrence Manufacturing Company
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Enthuse
Ye Lowell
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Sion
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Errimack Oe Mlompany
Iowa
Benj. D. Webber
Old Home Week Association
Samuel Cole
R. J. D. Candage
E. L. Giddings
Roland W. Boyden
Charles Woodbury
North Dakota
Eastern Capital
California
Disbrow
Capt. Guild
DR. Virgin
New Town Hall
Emerys
John Moran
Mary
John
John J. Smith
Thomas Bryan
Lawrence Cor
Poration’s
Ferel
O'Sullivan Bros.co
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