Desolation Threatens Shawneetown After Devastating Flood
Reports describe Shawneetown flooded and looted as residents flee or shelter along the levee. Armed men patrol streets while a lynching scare unfolds. Officials call for martial law, salvage efforts, and mass relief as hundreds seek refuge in Mount Vernon and nearby hills. Damage tops $150,000 with 100 houses destroyed and many more damaged. aid pours in from Evansville, Cairo, Springfield, and Harrisburg to feed, clothe, and shelter survivors.
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Shawneetown
Tom Hancock
Hancock
Nyor Carney
Cus
Citizens
Charles Carroll
Karl Dell
Pred Bueckman
Elary
Carney
Roll
Uta
Mount Vernon
Ind
Frank Armstrong
Roperty
Evansville
Cairo
Springfield
Tanner
Harrisburg
Flood Devastates Shawnee Area Schools and Churches Rebuild
The report notes extensive flood damage across Shawnee area including Scanlan lumber Ross Allen store Mrs Dillis Eddy millinery and Shawnee News office with losses around 200 to 1500. Churches including Immaculate Conception Methodist and Presbyterian suffered. the colored Baptist church was swept away. An electric light plant and a new pumping plant by Fairbank Morse Co were destroyed, hindering sewer and rainwater drainage. Relief from sister cities supports victims amid hunger and exposure.
Klondikers Freeze to Death in Remarkable Stampede
Disaster follows a stampede from Dawson to Swedish Creek with many frozen. Thermometers show 60 below zero and stampeders left blankets to rely on camp fires. Three died after return, two others had legs amputated and died. The schooner Julia A Ware drifted ashore with all crew lost at sea.
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Dawson
Swedish Creek
Julia A. Ware
Long Island
Congressional Debate Over Cuban Crisis and Army Reorganization
Congress spent much of the week on Cuban crisis matters with speeches in both chambers and delayed action pending President McKinley’s forthcoming message. The army reorganization bill progressed in the House amid partisan debate as sulzer and lenz assailed the administration while Grosvenor defended it.
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House
District of Columbia
Senate
Messrs. Perkins
California
Clay
Georgia
Mantle
Montana
Rawlins
Utah
John Roach
O. C. Bosbyshell
Philadelphia
Chandler
N. H
Turpie
Ind
Tlarris
Kenney
United States
Davis
Congress
McShinley
Sulzer
N. Y
Lenz
Ohio
Grosvenor
We May Take Hawaii. Sewall Orders to Raise Flag
Honolulu reports indicate that in a war scenario the American Minister and Admiral Miller are to deploy and maintain the stars and stripes over Hawaii at any cost. Washington is said to have sent these instructions, with Ministers silent on any confirmation or denial.
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Sewall
Honolulu
United States
Spain
Admiral Miller
Hawaii
Washington
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Naval defense outlines and wartime expenditures
The article details ship types and armor to guard harbors, notes costs of navy and war department spending, cites coaling stations and repairs, and discusses indemnity issues with Spain. It mentions colored regiments for coastal defense, plans to garrison Cuban cities, and political views on imminent war.
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National Defense
Navy
United States
Key West
War Department
Europe
Camp Equipage
Cuba
The Battle Fields Tales From Civil War Wounds and Minds
Chronicle of wartime scenes from camp and battle detailing wounded soldiers and officers. Veterans recount moments of courage and pain, including a Lookout Mountain incident with General Whitaker, a soldier’s stubborn hospital escape, and attitudes toward spent bullets and malingering.
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Intler
Toledo
Shiloh
Ile
Junto
Lookout Mountain
Walter. ¢. Whitaker
Whitaker
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