Floods Devastate Deep South as Rivers Rise
March 11 dispatches report the Mississippi and Yazoo basins flooded with the gauge above 35 feet in Memphis and 47.3 feet at Vicksburg. Levees are guarded in Natchez against cuts while the Betsy Ann ferries 250 evacuees. Floodwaters threaten railshops and vast farming lands along Steeples Bayou.
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Memphis
Tenn
Atlee
White river
Natchez
Miss
Bayou Sara
Vicksburg
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
up river
King Edward Celebrates Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
In London King Edward and Queen Andra marked their 40th wedding anniversary with a Buckingham Palace gathering. A private dinner and dance ended the festivities attended by royal relatives, personal friends, and ambassadors. The eight bridesmaids from the 1863 wedding are all living, most married except Lady Victoria Howard. In Chicago Dr. Don Lang, noted Chinese physician and secret society member, has died at his home, having amassed wealth in part from gold rush days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward
Andra
Buckingham Palace
Victoria Howard
Chicago
Don Lang
America
the wert
Six Strange Deaths At Sea On Karamania Trigger Quarantine
Six passengers and crew died in convulsions on the Anchor Line steamer Karamania en route from Marseilles Palermo and Naples. The ship was detained at quarantine and its 733 passengers plus crew were to be transferred to Hoffmans Island for disinfection and observation until infection is ruled out. Bodies were buried at sea and Health Officer Doty called the cases highly suspicious with symptoms like cholera. This marks the Karamania's second such incident after an 1893 voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marseilles
Palermo
Naples
Doty
Hoffman Island
Hoffman's Island
Jenkins
Seizure of Silk and Liquor on Seward Sparks Smuggling Arrests
On March 11 Collector Shuster seized silk silver and liquor from the United States transport Seward not listed on the manifest and ordered the arrest of Captain Harry Chamberlin and the quartermaster on smuggling charges. The goods were bought in Hong Kong for Army officers who deny knowledge of concealment. Officials say smuggling is common on transports and naval ships and vow to stop it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Morgan presses canal talks as court battle looms
Washington reports show Senator Morgan controlling the canal debate, attaching Spooner act language to the Colombia treaty but insisting no amendment. He discusses isthmian commission views, prints eight pamphlets challenging the new Panama Company and Colombia’s debts, and questions US payment and lease terms while Democrats urge party unity. Separate items note 184 Cannon Ball Railroad workers arrested at Pittston after injunctions were disregarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morgan
Washington
Senator Morgan
senate
Colombia
Lodge
Morgan
Cullom
isthmian canal commission
Admiral Walker
Congressional
committee on foreign relations
United States
Panama Company
Panama Canal Company
Panama
Congress
new canal company
Gorman
Democratic party
Missouri Governor Seeks Royal Exhibition Aid for Great Fair
Governor Kroneis of Missouri, president of the Louisiann Dur exposition, plans a St. Louis fair next Feur and reports a stroke of work securing King Ridward's promise to send Queen Vietork's jailorets for display. President Francis spoke in Labonte mk before the American society and received an invitation to Buckingham police. The king and Mr. enjoyed a sociable hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroneis
Missouri
St. Louis
Ground to Pieces on Railroad Tragedy in Philadelphia
Three men were killed and one injured when struck by a train on the Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington Railroad in southwest Philadelphia. The victims, unemployed laborers, were unidentified except for a Baltimore labor union card bearing the name George Slinkmen. A severely mangled trunk was found on the tracks, its identity uncertain. The injured man, George Cone from Augusta Georgia, survived but could not describe the accident due to injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Baltimore and Washington
George Slinkmen
Baltimore
George Cone
Augusta
Penny's New Capital Raises Stock to Four Hundred Million
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company stockholders at Hor ticultural Hall approved increasing capital stock and bonded debt by 150 090 000 to 400 000 000 by a unanimous vote with only one dissenter. The meeting endorsed absorption plans with several railroads and a 26 year lease of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad. Union printer Moses Sweetser, 80, died in Hyena Massachusetts after aiding aged printers and Civil War service. Ex Speaker David Henderson and his family headed to New York with plans possibly to settle there permanently, with visits to Iowa and California afterward.
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Philadelphia
Horticultural Hall
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Thomas Spratt
Ogdensburg
Captain Green
Spratt
South Fork
West Chester
River Front
Western Pennsylvania
Turtle Creek Valley
Downingtown
Lancaster
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company
A. J. Cassatt
hyna
Mass
Marel
Moses Sweetser
Elizabethport
Nod
New York Typographical Union
United States
Sweeter
Newburyport
California
Washington
Firnhugh Leer
Sweeteer Ol Company
Standard 627 Company
Henderson
New York
David Henderson
Iowa
New York city
Bryan on Addicksism at Nebraska speech in Detroit
Hon WH Ham Bryan of Nebraska spoke to the state Democratic judicial convention at Light Guard Armory Detroit March 11. He warned against Addicks and money influence, accusing party factions of buying votes and seeking corporate interests, and urged Cleveland be kept from control while advocating party reform and harmony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Ham J. Bryan
Bryan
Stanley E. Parkhill
Qwosso
Delaware
Addicks
McKinley
Docks Destroyed by Fire in Portland Oregon
Fire at Victoria dock on the Willamette river burned for two hours destroying property valued at about 800000 dollars. The blaze spread to the adjacent Irving dock with 350 bushels of wheat and several buildings and 20 freight cars burned. Firefighters faced water supply difficulties and limited access on one affected dock. The two docks measured about 300 feet long and 200 feet deep. Rumors blamed a cigarette for the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Victoria dock
Willimette river
Irving dock
San Jeot
Woods
Pennell Dies In Auto Plunge At Quarry Edge
Buffalo March 11 Arthur Pennell a leading figure in the Burdick murder investigation is killed when his electric car plunges from a Kensington avenue curb into a Gehres stone quarry. Mrs Pennell injured critical. Witnesses say the car skidded after hat blew away. Pennell left work at 4 05 PM planning a 6 30 to 7 visit.
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Mr. Pennell
Burswick
Buffalo
N. Y
BE. Le Burdick
Arthur i. Pennell
Burdick
Pennell
Kensington avenue
Fillmore aventue
Gehres
Mr Pennell
Sisters Hospital
Eugene Smith
Austin
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Presto
ADANT
GROVER
GRAHAM
T. FOSTER
Elizabeth, NW. J
S. GROVER GRAHAM CO
ING
NEWBURGH
N.Y
STEINER BROS
Frederick
SARGENT’S
GEM FOOD CHOPPER
R. EBERT & SONS
J. DANIEL CRIMMINS
Market Street
Rizd-wir
FREDERICK GAS CO
ERNEST HELFENSTEIN
W. Pattick St
Frederick, Wd
EBWIR DEVILBIOR
aNoswamse
DEVILBISS & URNER, INSURANCE
Dell & albaugh Baittiog
Marnet Strout, Prederick
ma thaw
ROSE OWENS
WASHINGTON, b. Cc
Cardus
Washington, D. C
Miss Fae Our
Mrs. Jones
Miss Owens
W.H. Jones
Cameron
EOiho
Karamania
Kansas City
John Hayes
Robert Tod Hunter
board of police commissioners
Tod Hunter
Sanderson
Chief Hayes
Hayes
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the
theatrical managers of America
Jefferson memorial fund
Joseph Jefferson
Bremen
Max Felberg
Boston
George L. O. Perry
retro
Clara A. Morton
Agnes Mc ¥hee
William Fickland
Charles Street
Wilkesbarre
Cannon Ball Railroad
Scranton
Pittston
DAVID R. FRANCIS
THE
ST. Louis FAIR
PENNY'S
BRYAN ON
ADDICKSISM
Latumer
Battimore
New York Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Havre de Grace
Gusta
C. Ockelman
Bowen
John H. Hassett
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey state prison
Mercer county
Hassett
Connecticut
navy yard
Brooklyn
NANTES
ETERNEY
A. R. Pennell
AUTO
GEEP
Charleston
S. C
John Hopkins
Ophir
Union county
Charles Hill
Los Angeles
Cal
Hopkins
Robert Alexander
Texas
Charles Mill
Hill
Waterbury
Conn
A&A
Policeman Mendelssohn
Chamberlain
Wicely
trolley company
Mitchel
royal leaders
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
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