Thaw Remains Confined as Insanity Holds
In Poughkeepsie on May 26 Justice Morschauser ruled Harry K. Thaw must stay in a lunatic asylum. The decision upheld his commitment as sane evidence showed ongoing insanity and danger. Thaw's lawyers will seek an alternate hospital and await further orders while he remains in jail.
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Nos T. Baker
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Coal miners in Missouri and neighboring states end strike
Thirty five thousand United Mine Workers of America miners in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas will return to work next week following a convention in Menenas City. They ratified a joint sub committee agreement with operators, keeping price conditions at last year’s level.
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Terrific flood in the Southwest reaches record height
Dallas records the Trinity river at 61.3 feet at 2 pm the highest stage ever known and the situation worsens hourly with an estimated 2,000 people displaced in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River
Dallas Flood Devastates City and Suburbs
Describes a major flood in Dallas Texas with one confirmed drowning and 80 families stranded in submerged areas. Fort Worth reports seven dead and 5,000 homeless, plus extensive property and stock losses. Bridges destroyed, streetcars out, railroad paralysis, and widespread crop damage along Brazos river in Waco.
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Tex
Trinity River
Fort Worth
North Fort Worth
West Dallas
Texas & Pacific Railway
Brazos
Waco
Oklahoma Flood Ravages State Amid Severe Damage
Guthrie Oklahoma reports one of the worst floods in history. Hundreds in lowlands displaced as several major cities suffer heavy damage. Roads are blocked, track washouts and telegraph communications are disrupted statewide.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Western roads cut section hands wages
The Inter Ocean reports a general wage cut for all section men and unskilled laborers on railroads extending west from Chicago. Thousands are affected. Most section men see pay drop from 1.85 to 1.25 dollars per day for a ten hour shift, with some variation by road.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Colonel Tom Snell Mastur Detected As Streetcar Reviewer
Bloomington May 28 Colonel Tom Snell described as a masher by streetcar conductor Thomas Sylvester in testimony for the suit to break the will of the eccentric millionaire. Witness says Snell rode streetcars daily to ogle girls and followed them after fare was paid. A new passionate letter adds detail to the letters from Snell's many admirers, with expurgated passages of longing and advice to destroy the letters. Attorney Edward J. Sweeney says these letters drew large sums from the old man for his diseased mind.as a fuel for his mind.
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Bloomington
Tom Snell
Masher
Thomas Sylvester
Siell
Sylvester
Ral Snell
Colonel Snell
Clinton
Tam
Darling
Snell
Edward J. Sweeney
Mark Twain Honors Victoria in Empire Day Dinner
At Delmonico's in New York a British Schools and Universities club dinner honored Queen Victoria's birthday. Mark Twain delivered a characteristically eloquent tribute praising her as a humane monarch and enduring symbol of affection, noting her influence beyond politics and her ability to mend hearts. King Edward's private secretary sent good will.
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New York
Edward
Lord Knollys
Mark Twain
British Schools and Universities Club
Delmonico’s
Queen Victoria
England
Dr. Clemens
Woman leaves newborn boy at Holy Trinity church
A stranger lowers a four week old baby in a bundle on a church seat during the Angelus at Holy Trinity Church Chicago. The baby was found healthy after the woman prayed briefly and left. The sexton did not notice the bundle until a cry alerted him.
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Chicago
Angelus
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
West Taylor
Lincoln
Bitten in 1887, Now Has Babies
Scranton Pennsylvania May 28 Hydrophobia victim Alden Cobb 26 of Salem Corners limps into a Wayne County home and rages as a physician says his strength is terrific He breaks restraints and roams his room on all fours following a dog bite from 21 years ago.
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Alden Cobb
Salem Corners
John Elliott
Wayne County
Cobb
Grant’s James River Crossing Opens Path to Richmond
After Cold Harbor Grant moves to cross the James River on the south side aiming at Richmond. The army nears the James with Lee weakened, enabling a potential march on Washington while Lee is battered and unable to oppose.
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