Floods Hurtle Across Midwest and South in Historic Rise
Wisconsin Milwaukee and Menominee Valley suffer severe flooding as rivers burst banks from Missouri to Minnesota and Nebraska. Cities like La Crosse Fond du Lac Oshkosh Sioux City and Memphis face widespread damage while rail lines and bridges collapse and refugees seek aid.
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Middle West
Northwest
South
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Menominee Valley
West Milwaukee
Monarch
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Elroy
Port Washington
Kenosha
Richland
Laverne
Minn
Little Rock
Minnesota
Great Northern
Northwestern
Town
South Dakota
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri River
Missouri Valley
United States
Welsh
Sioux City
Sioux
le Mars
Ty Hooding
Westfield
St. Chan
Minnesota-South Dakota
Sprint Valley
Parnault
Treston
Centerville
Vermilion
Powbina
Jamestown
DakKotas
Memphis
Chicago
St. Louis
Executions in Kentucky Over Pearl Bryan Murder
Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling were hanged in Newport Kentucky for the Pearl Bryan murder. Jackson confessed before death, recanted, and was urged by Governor Bradley and Judge Helm to stand firm. Walling protested innocence as the fate was sealed. Funeral details follow and burial questions arise for Pearl Bryan’s remains.
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Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Newport
Pearl Bryan
Greencastle
Ind
Pastor Lee
Jackson
Walling
Death Watch
Plummer
Gov. Bradley
Helm
Hamiltom
Wiscasset
Fitzsimmons Wins Pugilist World Title Fight at Carson City
Robert Fitzsimmons defeated James J. Corbett in the fourteenth round of a world pugilistic championship bout in Carson City Nevada. The crowd of about four thousand roared as a left stomach blow felled Corbett who failed to rise in ten seconds. Estimates say at least 500000 dollars changed hands on the result with wagers centered in Carson City New York and San Francisco.
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Foucht
Robert Fitzsimmons
James J. Corbett
Carson City
Nev
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Yellow Pine
New York
San Francisco
Detroit
Martin Julian
Carter Harrison II Faces Chicago Mayoral Campaign
Carter Harrison II, Democratic nominee for Mayor of Chicago, is 37 and a native of the city. He attended public schools, studied in Germany and at Yale, practiced law, and helped run the Chicago Times before its 1894 sale. His family includes Mrs. Harrison and children Carter Jr and Edith. Also noted is Fred Schinneer’s six day bicycle race win and a robbery aboard the Oceanic involving 5000 sovereigns.
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Carter Harrison II
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Harrison Homestead
Clark and
Harrison Streets
Germany
Altenburg
St. Ignatius
Yale
Chicago Times
Harrison
Carter Jrr
Edith
Fred Schinneer
Bishop Arnett Presents McKinley Bible for Oath
Bishop B W Arnett of Wilberforce College Ohio presented President McKinley with a morocco bound Bible kissed at the oath. The Afro Americans of Ohio supplied the volume with a gold plate and verse from Second Chronicles. The Bible may become a valued presidential keepsake.
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McKinley
B. W. Arnett
Wilberforce College
Ohio
African Methodist Episcopal Church
America
Henry Y. Arnett
Clerk McKenney
Ambassador to England Col John Hay Chosen by McKinley
Col John Hay selected to be United States ambassador to England succeeding Bayard. The writer and diplomat, aged 59, previously Lincoln secretary and Paris Madrid envoy, noted for Pike County Ballads and Little Breeches. Also mentions Philadelphia mill strike settled with Dobson brothers.
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John Hay
McKinley
Bayard
England
United States
Pike County
Grant’s Mausoleum Ceremony to Honor Ulysses S Grant in New York
Riverside Park in New York will host a grand display on April 27 to celebrate the 75th birthday of Ulysses S Grant. A naval demonstration on the river will accompany the dedication of a mausoleum built to honor the Union general, planned as a State and possibly national holiday.
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McKinley
Hobart
Reed
Union
Washington
United States Senate
House of Representatives
United States
National Guard
North Atlantic Squadron
Grant
Riverside Park
New York
Ulysses S. Grant
Soldier Statesman
Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Nominations Amid Busy Week
National recap of congressional actions with the Senate advancing tariff legislation and executive nominations. Bills on immigration and the Pacific railroad, a constitutional amendment proposal, and a justice department inquiry crowd the agenda as the House and Senate adjourn for a brief recess. Local notes report a panama dispatch, Spitzbergen post office move, royal sentiments on bicycling, and a Logan W V A failure aftermath.
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Allen
Billy
Union Pacific
Lodge
Nelson
Minzo
Lindsay
Kentucky
Malgen
Frys
Maine
Frye
Senate
House
Stewart
Dyson City
Nev
Corbett
Gallinger
Turpie
I Dina
Spet
Gear
Jiy
Committee On Pacific Baily
Pacific Railro
Treasury
Secretary of Interior
Gene
M ‘Huset
St. Croix
St. Johns
Ni Thomas
United States
Reed
Ding
Bailey
Spssi
Senate Coutin
John Hay
Street of Columbia
Great Brit
Hor Porter
New York
Smbuassi
France
Hu White
Rhode Island
Great Britain
Perry
Heath
India
Gener G C. A. Gordon
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Lansing
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Knoxville
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Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit and Benevolent Association
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Chicago and West Michigan
Martin de Haan
Simon Boertze
Henry Driesings
Turkey
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Fitz
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Oceanic
Australia
Bishop B. W. Arnett
Haroun al Rashid
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Cleveland
Lincoln
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Madrid
Vienna
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Hayes
John and
James Dobson
Philadelphia
Mr. Dobson
Col
Review
Congress
Holman
Treasur
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Antonio I
Spitzbergen Island
Prince Frederick Leopold
A. B. Buskirk
Timberman
Logan
W. Va
Sliger Lumber and Manufacturing Pany
Elkins Hardware and
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