Severe Texas floods cause record rises and widespread damage
Houston reports 4.25 inches of rain in 24 hours, causing a 30 foot rise in the Houston ship channel and flooding two hundred homes. Brazos near Brenham rises twenty feet, bridges washed away, power limited, and crop losses feared across Rio Colorado and San Marcos Guadalupe basins.
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Houston
Tex
Bryan
Brazos
Brenham
Colorado
Colorado Valley
San Marcos
Guadaloupe
Texas
Four killed in trolley crash at Sixth and Millary
Alyria Ohio May 31 Crowden with passengers on a Cleveland and South western trolley from Wellington to Cleveland was rear ended by another car at Sixth street and Millary avenue. At least four dead and eleven injured. The dead include O Donnell, Billings, Aten, William Sala many of the injured may lose limbs with legs or feet severed.
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Alyria
Crowden
Cleveland
Wellington
Sixth Street
Millary Avenue
BR. O'Donnell
H. M. Billings
W. C. Aten
William Sala
Emma Yurst
Mabel Dean
Leslie Porter
Margaret Butler
Homer Allen
Miss Fulton
Miss Sophes
Mrs. Leslie
Suspects accuse each other in Elmhurst murder case
Leon Graham and Henry Beck, held on suspicion of murdering 15 year old Amelia Staffeldt on her father’s Elmhurst farm, accuse each other. Sakony arrested nearby for assault on Mamie Luck, a five year old, and held for grand jury while police seek confession on the murder. Beck says Graham stabbed the girl. Graham says Beck did the deed.
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New York
May Gi
Leon Graham
Henry Beck
Amelia Staffeldt
Elmhurst
Ssaakony
Staffeldt
Mamie Luck
Beck
Graham
Balloon Found In A Channel Mystery Officers Missing
A military balloon piloted by Lieutenants Caulfield and Leake, launched from Aldershot May 28 for a royal engineers review honoring Prince Fushimi, was picked up by a fishing boat in the English Channel. A strong wind carried it out to sea and the two officers' fate remains unknown. Coast guards later sighted the balloon near Exmouth, being carried out to sea.
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London
Caulfield and
Leake
Royal Engineers
Aldershot
Prince Fushimi
Japan
English Channel
Coast Guards
Exmouth
Unseasonable Snow Stuns Central Colorado Trails Pike's Peak
Central Colorado endures record unseasonable weather as night snow blankets the mountains and heavy drifts hinder the cog road up Pike's Peak. Cripple Creek reports several inches of wet snow, while other areas suffer travel disruption and unusual late-season cold. Peter Pan defeats Superman by three lengths to win the Belmont Stakes in New York.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pike's Peak
Cripple Creek
Peter Pan
New York
Superman
Belmount Park
Hewne
Mrs M Kinley Dead and Funeral Plans In Canton
Mrs Ida Saxton McKinley widow of the late president dies at her Canton home after a long invalid period. President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks expected to attend the funeral with services led by Dr Buxton. The body to rest in West Lawn vault until the national mausoleum on Monument Hill is ready.
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Roosevelt
Fairbanks
National Mausoleum
Croton
William McKinley
McKinley
Cortelyou
M. C. Barber
Sarah Duncan
Luther Day
Justice
Wiliam R. Day
Cortelyon
Rixey
Washington
Indianapolis
Lansing
Loeb
Canton
West Lawn Cemetery
Monument Hill
Barber
Roosevalt
Ida Saxton McKlay
James A. Saxton
Ida Saxton
Delhi
Cleveland
Media
Stark County Bank
Presbyterian Church
Wiliam McKinley
First Methodist Episcopal
Grant
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
James Saxton
Roosevelt Declares No Backdown in Railroad Policy
President Roosevelt speaks at General Henry W. Lawton monument unveiling in Indianapolis. He calls for federal supervision of interstate railways, urging action against wealth using power to wrong investors and the public, and argues for full valuation of railroads to guide policy. The address honors Oliver Morton and emphasizes public interests and honest management.
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Indianapolis
Muay dl
Roosevelt
Henry W. Lawton
Oliver Morton
Indiana
Canton
Fairbanks
Court House Square
United States
Crown Hill Cemetery
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Lansing
Mich
Atocka
Wei
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
May Preserve McKinley Home Idea Gaining Support
Canton citizens discuss preserving the McKinley home as a second Mount Vernon. Justice William R. Day urges keeping the residence intact with furniture gifts paintings and statuary to honor the late president and attract visitors.
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Canton
McKinley
Mount Vernon
William R. Day
Judge Day
Aleo
United Presbyterians Adjourn General Assembly in Denver
Denver May 81 The United Presbyterian church general assembly, which opened May 22, closed after a warm session. It rejected creating a general treasurer office, and defeated a plan to consolidate the Allegheny and Xenia theological seminaries. A Sabbath observance resolution for stricter Sunday laws was approved.
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General Assembly
Denver
United Presbyterian Church
Allegheny
Xenia
Statue Offended Board Rejects Nude Statue Gift
Kansas City Kansas school officials refused Venus Genetrix the nude sculpture gifted for the public library by ex state senator William J. Buchan. The piece valued at several hundred dollars was purchased in Rome by Mr Auchan and rejected due to lack of drapery.
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Kansas City
William J. Buchan
Kan
Auchan
Rome
Schreck Beats Hart in Twenty-First Round Clash
Tonopah Nev May 31 Mike Schreck defeated Marvin Hart in a fierce twenty one round bout Hart broke a hand in the final round and was unable to continue the match survived through the last rounds before the stoppage.
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Schreck
Hart
Tonopah
Nev
Mike Schreck
Marvin Hart
Arkansas Governor Gains Strength Amid Turbulent Reports
Late telegrams from Greenwood say Governor Little of Arkansas shows marked strength growth. A cornierstone collapse at Wilkesbarre injures many. church flooring failure also injures Bishop Hobart of Scranton. Missouri court orders Lord Seymour Burington to be hanged July 23 for murder. J P McCann named victim. Eastern rails shippers reach accord to urge ICC to dismiss bill of lading case filed December 1908.
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Greenwood
Little
Arkansas
Cornierstone
Wilkesharre
Hobart
Scranton
Missouri Supréms Court
Frederick Seylmour Buaryington
Clayton
J. P. McCann
Louis Horseman
Eastern Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bill of Lading
Herd of Cattle Killed by Mad Dogs Near Fort Des Moines
A Des Moines dispatch reports a herd of thirty cattle slaughtered by mad dogs just south of Fort Des Moines. The piece lists a string of Iowa items, including misprints and local judgements, with reports from Des Moines and neighboring cities on crime, weather, and politics.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Mainne
Boone Suburban Crossing Discovery Sparks Wreck Fear
An eight inch zone fastened in the Boone suburban crossing with the Chicago and Northwestern tracks was discovered by Charles Cheney, suburban motorman, and removed with effort. Officials said it was not placed to wreck a Northwestern train, but the peril prompted safety alerts in Boone, Sy. on May 25.
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Boone
Tima
Chicago and Northwestern
Charles Cheney
Mutorman
Bank Disturbance Spreads Across Marshalltown May 27
A rap on the First National, oldest bank in the city, sparked a flurry but depositories were paid in full promptly. Following two days of rain, Marshalltown temperatures fell to 47 degrees with frost warned by the weather bureau. Charlton Man Ends Life after breakfast, J. B. Brown, a prominent local businessman, shot himself in his room amid rumored financial worries.
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Marshalltown Bank Witheradde Rum
Marshalltown
First National
Sioux City
Weather Bureau
Charlton
J. 8. Brown
Ufe
Des Moines Railroad Man Drops Dead at Home
D L Roser a noted Des Moines railroad man died suddenly of heart failure in the bathroom at his home. For nineteen years he worked with the Des Moines Union railway and over a decade served as assistant to Superintendent J A Waggoner.
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Des Moines
D. L. Roser
Roser
Des Moines Union Railway
J. A. Waggoner
Des Moines Joint Rate Hearing Opens with Railroads and Shippers
About thirty five railroad representatives and as many shippers attend the opening joint rate schedule hearing before the Iowa railroad commission in Des Moines. James Davis for the railroads opposes a blanket raid as impractical while shippers advocate a blanket rate. A note from New York cites prospects of New York City becoming the world art center as galleries and museums concentrate on Manhattan.
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Witt
Des Moines
Does Moines
Railroad Commission
James ©. Davis
New York
Art Center
New York City
Manhattan Island
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Theussud
Mrs. M'Kinley
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Per Los
Ves Hinshew
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Second Mount Vernon
United Presbyterians
Waterloo
Kats Martinelli
Post
Epworth
Wallace Hood
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Bennings
United States Motor Racing Association
Hood
Pueblo
N. D. Galpin
J. D. Barlow
Mason City
Barlow
Thornton
Burlington
John Moborg
Bes Moines
John F. Wheatly
George H. Wittich
Keokuk
Pat Growe
Council Bluffs
Pat Crowe
Mioux City
Basset Order of Packers
Bronx City
Kansas City Commission
Livestock Exchange
Exchange
Conger
Iown
Telegraph
Los Angeles
Joan R. Sage
Crop and Weather Bureau
Odd Fellows
Iowa Department Council of Patriarchs Militant
Order of
Odd Feltown
E. E. Lambert
Newton
Paul van Dyck
Deg Moines
H. 3. Rayburn
A. O. Peterson
Matherville
Rivenlows City
Thomas Nevins
Iowa City
Mississippi
Muscatine
Samuel
Nevins
Preacher
Swift
Mall
John 4. Swift
Winterset, Lr
W. J. Cornell
Winterset
Cornell
Young
Wom Ln
Btone
Wintons
Clinton
William
Iowa Land
Iowa Railroad Land Company
Claude I’. Blumer
Woodbury County
Supreme Court
Blumer
Secretary of the Interior
Atlantic
Atlantic Northern and Southern Railroad
Messie
Ross
Villisca
Manning
Loowa
Apnaricay Surety Company
Newark
Supety Company of
Quplla
J. E. Ebaugh
Glenwood, Iowa
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