Flooding Submerges Prairie as Northern Pacific Delays Traffic
North Dakota floods from rapid melt and heavy rains strand trains on the Northern Pacific main line for a second time in two weeks. Prairie reaches Mandan and Jamestown become lakes, water covers tracks, Great Northern and Soo lines suffer delays, while the Soo system remains intermittently impacted.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Mandan
N. D
Jamestown
Great Northern
Soo
Mississippi Floods Swamp Vicksburg with Heavy Rainfall
Vicksburg Mississippi receives nearly eight inches of rain in 48 hours isolating the town. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad reports no trains entering or leaving since 8:30 pm last night. A passenger train reached Port Gibson eighteen miles south after washouts severed tracks. another train derailed at a washout near Port Gibson with minor injuries reported. Inside damage tallies reach thousands of dollars.
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Mississippi
Vicksburg
Miss
Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Road
New Orleans
Port Gibson
Heavy losses feared in distant districts casualties feared
Sparse reports from outlying districts indicate a heavy loss and fear of multiple casualties. The extent remains unclear as news is slow to arrive.
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Lars
Tornado damages Clark County town and injures several
A tornado swept Beirne Clark County Arkansas destroying property including the Yeager hardwood plant and J G Clark mill. The one story school house collapsed and several buildings were wrecked injuring the wife and baby of Jud Davis and W B Hay. A string of 25 railroad cars was blown a fraction of a mile down the line.
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Clark County
Little Rock
Ark
Beirne
J. G. Clark
J. D. Robinson
Jud Davis
W. B. Hay
Iron Mountain
Prosecutions Planned for Lynchers in Wallace Case
May prosecute lynchers in La Junta Colorado as authorities name leaders in the Wallace assault case. Wallace, a colored railway porter, died from gunshot and strangulation per a coroner's jury finding. Prosecutions expected at the April term. some leaders identified, others unnamed.
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la Junta
Colo
W. H. Wallace
Henrietta Miller
Wallace
Bribery Charges Shake Congress Over Danish West Indies Sale
Washington reports a sensational House session as Mr Richardson charges a $500000 fund used to bribe members of Congress and press for the Denmark to United States sale of the Danish West Indies. A seven member investigation committee is appointed. key figures named include Abner McKinley and C. W. Knox.
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Congress
Danish West Indies
Denmark
Washington
Richardson
Tennessee
Walter Christmas
Richardson Read
Abner McKinley
Colonel Brown
C. W. Knox
Hanna
Richard P. Evans
Gardner
Cannon
Illinois
House
Dalzell
Rep
Hitt Oe
Cousins
McCall
Mass
United States
United States Congress
House of Representatives
Revenue Cutter Service
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Baum Bros
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Potter Wall Paper Company
Illinoia Street
Stuart Waring
Pruge
Henderson
Ind
Frank Purcell
Purcell
Robert Utter
W. H. Bucholz
Alexander Bear
Kw . Utz
National Bank
Europe
Bear
P. Hanlon
Rambo
F. J. Hale
W. H. Boohole
Cotton
Uhle
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