Old Morganza Levee Breaches Raise Death and Flood Fear
The Morganza levee system breached amid heavy rain. Crevasses widen at the old front, with a half mile break and seven to twelve feet heights. Authorities race boats to save residents as towns flood, with families evacuated to higher ground. Water threatens Pointe Coupee and Iberville, while Morganza portions erode under the rising river. The Bayou Sara relief effort begins as residents seek safety on hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
G McHenry
Gardere
Baton Rouge
Pointe Coupee
West Rouge
Iberville
Timecraf
Bayou Sara
Morganza
Last Storm Victim Goode of Louisville Identified
Louisville April 23. The seventy fourth and final victim of the recent storm died at the city hospital. Goode, injured in the Falls disaster, was found near the grand stairway and rushed to safety but perished as the building collapsed. Had the structure fallen two minutes later the widow would have collected $2000 life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
City Hospital
Yester
Goode
Falls
Dicta Knights of Honor
Ting
Mishawaka Woman Dies Amid Family Reunion
STATE INTELLIGENCE reports a Mishawaka German widow Mrs Kempfer dying of heart disease while embracing her sister from Germany. Other items note political nominees, a suicide attempt in Brazil, Farmers Mutual Benefit lodges growing in Harrison County, pension grants for an insane veteran, and various local accidents and crimes across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempfer
Mishawaka
Lie
Germany
Jolly L. Bretz
Congress
Indiana
Buns
Brazil
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Harrison County
Cramton Anthony
Delaware County
Wm. Woons
Raysville
Knightstown
Nancy Ligurcar
Crawfordsville
Elmer Marsh
Omnibus Lines
North Depot
Greencastle
Monon
John Sharkey
Fanner Fisher
Union Township
Shelby County
Cyrus Montgomery
Fisher
Minnie Levy
Elkhart
Minnie Wa
Charles Nelson
Lake Shore
Tollerton
Mattie Bacon
Chicago
Veteran Panvorr and Napoleon veterans listed in pension rolls
Jesse Panvorr who served under General Andrew Jackson at New Orleans lives on a farm near Carrolton. He was born March 2 1790. Pensioned veterans who fought under Napoleon now receive 30 dollars yearly and total 11 180 in 188s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Panvorr
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Carrollton
Napoleon
Relief act for soldiers who served under assumed names
President Harrison approves a relief act for soldiers and sailors who served under assumed names as minors in the army or navy during the late war. The report notes a vast slaughter of animals in Paris with 16 940 horses 41 donkeys and 43 mules prepared for food last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Paris
Fires Careen Across U.S. in Early-Year Totals
Total fire losses in the United States for the first quarter reached 25,026,25. The period showed substantial figures with regional and national impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Iss
Wise Tank Car Transport Gains Europe Berlin Route
Wise ships petroleum in tank cars across Europe and supplies the United States. A single voyage carried eleven thousand litres from Italy to Berlin, hailed as a successful transport achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WISE
Europe
United States
Italy
Berlin
Extermy officer Huis Ung seeks life in Africa markets
A German service extermy officer Huis Ung earns 260000 dollars annually. He aims to live well in Central Africa and urges a pathway to Wast by South and growth with Ethiopia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huis Ung
Central Africa
Ethiopia
A Blue-Skinned Girl Described by Doctors as Abnormal
An article notes a young girl with blue skin described by locals as a freak. Doctors attribute the peculiarity to a faulty action of the brain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearn
Doctor on duty at all Orste race tracks
The article notes that all Orste class race-tracks hire a doctor year round. They pay at least ten dollars a day and require the physician to report half an hour before races start and stay until all visitors depart.
Havana Henry Clay Cigar Cost and Manufacture Claim
A Havana Henry Clay cigar, sold in New York for $1.25, is described as usually wrapped in gold or silver foil and smoked with a cosy left cigar. A manufacturer contends the actual production cost, even with premium materials, cannot exceed twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ceylon Official Receives Honorary Legislative Seat
The long patronymic of Panabokke Samastawikrama Karumatilaka Abhay awardhana Hiruwanasekara Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Ratema hatmeya is cited as the Oriental courtesy rule demanding full use of native names in formal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarnaric
Queen Victoria
Legislative Council
Island of Ceylon
Panabokke Samastawikrama
Karumatilaka Abhayawardhana
Hiruwanasekara
Jayasundara Mudiyanselage
Tikiri Banda Ratemahatmeya
Fire in Philadelphia dry goods store stopped by patrolmen blunder
A fire at a Philadelphia dry goods store was extinguished after patrolmen seized a wandering English traveler and dragged him inside the burning building. The blaze was smothered but the man’s trousers were ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mission paper printed in three hundred languages
The Carlisle Pennsylvania Methodist Episcopal conference states the Hiitle magazine is now printed in three hundred languages and must be distributed in twenty nine languages within Pennsylvania alone. This surpasses the apostolic Pentecost event where many heard in their own tongues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reent Methodist Episcopal Conference
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Jerusalem
Questioning Bloodletting Therapies in 19th Century Medicine
The excerpt discusses evolving medical views on bloodletting. It notes that leeching or blood removal may provide only temporary relief and can weaken patients. In cases with internal wounds and hemorrhage it might be appropriate, but one historically labeled remedy is often worse than the disease.
Widow’s heirs claim family plantation and burial site
The text notes Jonas Trosatas Koriprs of Charlotte County Virginia owning a family plantation over 146 years old where his grandfather and great grandfather are buried. The owner, aged seventy something, sleeps in his birthplace room and bedstead, and a cabin erected by an ancestress from Maryland is referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonas Trosatas T. Koriprs
Charlotte County
Dudge Bouldin
Maryland
Illinois Senator Crutiom proposes bigamy law amendment
In the U S Senate Senator Crutiom of Illinois introduces a bill to amend section 5 352 revised statutes regarding plural or celestial marriages. The measure bars anyone in such unions or involved with polygamy from voting serving as a juror or holding any territorial office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crutiom
Ilinois
United States
Senate
Tia
Bridge collapse Baptism crowd disaster in Buck Creek
A buck creek bridge collapse during a baptism service injured about fifty and sent roughly 150 people into the water. Mayor Burnett, police, and firemen led rescue efforts as physicians arrived. city will rebuild the bridge and faces potential lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Bilder D. HB. Green
Third Baptist Church
Bimeston ‘Street
Warder
Burnett
Western Engine House
Ben Elsey Confession Details Long Crime Span
The published confession of Ben Elsey, the hanged colored murderer, claims involvement in twenty one murders plus numerous robberies and arson. He recounts early killings in Dalton and Atlanta, robbery rings on the East Tennessee railroad, gambling, and the murder of his grandmother Rosa McCarver in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BirsoxcHam
Ala
Ben Elsey
Dalton
Atlanta
East Tennessee
S& Pingon
Water On A Tear In Nashville New Reservoir Damage
Nashville's new reservoir delivered high pressure into city pipes causing a 24 inch Vine street burst. Water shot 40 feet into the air, damaged the Christian Church windows, flooded R E Page's residence, destroying carpets furniture and a thousand dollar plane. Water stopped after about thirty minutes then continued longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashvville
Tenn
Nashville
Vine Street
New Christian Church
R. E. Page
Reports Misstate Poverty in Atlanta Letter
John H. Parnell, brother of Charles Stewart Karnel, writes to Mr. Murphy of the Atlanta Journal that recent poverty and suffering reports about a mother are merely sensational. He disputes the claims and urges caution over circulating unverified details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
T. D. Murphy
The
Atlanta Journal
John H. Parnell
Chas. Stewart Karnel
Flood Ravages Bayou Sara Leaving Town in Ruins
Report from Bayou Sara Louisiana on April 22 describes a levee breach at Fountain Street and rising floodwaters overrunning the town. Residents use boats and lanterns to save belongings as chaos and destruction spread, with Mayor Irvine's Fisher Building submerged and the region facing widespread damage. The Taylor levee breaches at Point Coupee and the Fanny Year crevasse threaten further danger.
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Bayou Sara
Fountain Street
Irvine
Alabama Woman Claims Lincoln Agent Not Shot in Barn
Louise Worcester once connected to J Wilkes Booth says Booth survived the 1865 death hoax. She cites a 1867 unsigned letter she received in Booth handwriting and argues the man shot by Boston Corbett was a conspirator, not Booth, suggesting authorities allowed the deception to quell public fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Lincoln
Cucaco
Birmingham
Louise Worcester
J. Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Booth
Boston Corbett
Wilkes Booth
Mysterious Old Well Found in Nauvoo
laborers uncover an ancient deep well near the French Fort while removing a convent outhouse. The footing sank revealing a well rumored to be about 1000 feet deep, supporting theories of hidden wells and passages from the Mormon era in Nauvoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nauvoo
Cabal
Court adjourns as troops depart Harlan County
State troops left Harlan Court-house after adjournment and headed toward Pineville. Captain Gaither reports no fights occurred. Troops sought Will Howard but could not locate him. Many families fled Harlan, with a dozen accompanying the troops, fearing further bloodshed.
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Harlan Court-House
Louisvinia
Pineville
Gaither
Comemand
Will Howard
Harlan
Pan Americans Train Excursion Cancelled
The Secretary of State telegraphed Captain Bourke in charge of the special Pan-American train to return to Washington from Lichmond as few delegates wished to join the excursion during the Southern tour.
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Washincrox
Secretetary of State
Bourke
Washington
Lichmond
Kincaid Granted Bail in Kentucky Gun Case
In the Supreme Court of the District of Corona Charles E Kincaid the jugalist held on a murder charge was admitted to bail by Judge Bingham for twenty thousand dollars. The case concerns the killing of ex Representative Taul bee of Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincaid
Ball
Supreme Court of the District of
Cornella
Charles E. Sninecaid
Taulbee
Kentucky
Jude Bingham
Prisoner Henry Boyd Dies In Cell After Pardon Refusal
Henry Boyd known as John Cox, a life convict, hanged himself with a towel in his cell yesterday. He had been in custody ten years after Waren County murder sentence and was among convicts Governor Fifer refused to pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joiner
Henry Boyd
John Cox
Waren County
Fifer
Damond Woman's Return Prompts Trial in Posed Diamonds Case
Memrnis April 22. Mrs Lena Griffith alias Edward, who months ago pawned paste diamonds to Robert Church a saloon keeper of this city for 900 dollars has voluntarily returned for trial.
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Memrnis
Lena Griffith
Edward
Robert Church
Death of the Oldest Odd Fellow John E Cowden
John E Cowden, said to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the country, died yesterday in Ames or Mass aged eighty two. He joined the order in Philadelphia in 1886
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Ameleuey
Mass
John E. Cowden
Lbe
Philadelphia
Residents Bring Curious Four Year Old Midget To Martinsville
MARTINSVILLE Indiana April 23 Mr and Mrs N F Sykes near the Government weather station at Weed Patch Hill Brown County are in the city with a four year old midget The child stands eighteen inches high and weighs twenty pounds He has never known a long illness The father and brother are robust and of average height
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Martinsville
Ind
N. F. Sykes
Weed Patch Hill
Brown County
Young Harry Myers Faces Fatal Injuries After Bridge Collapse
Six year old Harry Myers, critically injured when a bridge fell Sunday, continued to vomit clotted blood and showed signs of sinking. City solicitor had photos taken of the wreck in various positions for possible damage suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strincrrip
Harry Myers
Fence Around Lincoln Monument to Restrict Access
Springfield April 23 The Lincoln Monument Association votes to enclose the Lincoln monument with a stout iron fence within a few days so no one may enter except during specified hours to guard against relic hunters mutilating the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln Monument
Lincoln Monument Association
Earthquake Shocks Felt in New York City
A slight quake was reported in New York at 1 25 p m yesterday followed by a deep rumbling. A scaffolding section near the Stock Exchange fell into the street and a tall chimney at the Marion House Union Square collapsed, causing alarm but no immediate reports of injuries.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Marion
Union Square
Nomination of John C. Fremont as Major General (Retired)
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of John C. Fremont of New York for appointment as a Major General United States Army on the retired list. The notice is dated April 23 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Eine
Supreme Court
Capitol
Senate
Houst
House
S. S. Cox
New York
Washington
Hawley
America
Christopher Volumbus
Chicago
Ilinois
Columbus
Hampton Roads
Houss
Dorsey
Neb
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Thomas Wis
Szunattk
Plumb
Mitchell
Rare Hovee
Mr. Caldwell
Committee On Post-offices and Post-roads
United States
Washineton
John C. Fremont
United States Army
Steamer Gus Fowler tragedy claims Enoch Smith
Enoch Smith of America fell from the steamer Gus Fowler near here on Monday night and was drowned. The incident occurred during the April 93 period and authorities reported the fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Enoch Smith
America
Gus Fowler
Notable deaths and accidents reported in scattered items
Mrs Moxawanx and Herman Hein were gored by a cow in South Orange New Jersey. Rev Alexander Mackay, famed missionary, died from fever. A House Appropriations Committee adopted suitable resolutions on the death of 8 J Randall. In Gladwin Michigan a terrible accident occurred when a boiler exploded killing an engineer and another man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxawanx
Herman Heinrich
South Orange
N. J
Alexander Mackay
Agada
House Appropriations Committee
J. Randall
Nea Gladwin
Mich
He Ane
Aaron
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Ietor
the. Odon Journal
South Spring
State Intelligence
Indianapolis
Letties
Madison
Reuben Levy
Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company
North Vernon
Cementville
Westermann
Wittig Bryan
George Bryan
G. R
Portland
Brookville
Tiforny Munony
Unio City
Anderson
Covington
E. J. Langdon
Muncie
Langdon
John Fahrner
Fahrner
Indianapolis Firemen’s
Chicago Fire Department
Cleveland Department
Schweinfurth
Clyde Lang
Harrison Township
Cass County
David Mae
Rautns
Springfield Bridge
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