Floods and Rain Destruction Across Mississippi Valley
Advices from multiple points report heavy rain and floods across Kentucky Missouri Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory with rivers overflowing delaying planting destroying crops and washing out bridges Railroads halted and farmers desperate as flood levels rise in Indiana and Iowa Creeks and rivers flood towns threatening crops and infrastructure across the region.
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Kentucky
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Iowa
Bowen Endorsed for State Treasurer by Vancouver Register
The Vancouver Register endorses Major C. A. Bowen for state treasurer praising his honesty and record as register of the U S land office. A nearby fire at Green Tree saloon on Main near Third caused minor damage, extinguished by water from a ceiling flood.
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Main Street
Third
Re. Department
New Davis' Best Flour At $1.35 A Sack
Advertisement asserts home flour is as good as shipped and promotes Davis' Best flour sold at one dollar thirty five cents per sack with a warranty.
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Woman gouged and robbed by a boarder in New York
Mrs. MarK Springer, an elderly Park Row resident, was beaten by her boarder Michael Lutz, who later fled after injuring her and stealing her savings. The attack left her with a depressed skull fracture and serious injuries as detectives pursue charges amid the broader Civil War era news and stock market notes from New York City.
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Blaine-alger ticket discussed as Minneapolis hosts leaders
Washington reports show Republican leaders pressing Blaine under pressure to publicly reject a nominating bid while Blaine’s silence prompts speculation of a Blaine-Alger ticket. Delegates from North Dakota and South Dakota shift toward Blaine as national figures plan a Minneapolis conference to choose a temporary chairman.
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Harrison
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Milwaukee
Henry C. Payne
Thomas Reed
Maine
McKinley
Ohio
Romance at Sea Ends in Marriage Aboard Walla Walla
Westminster couple elopes to sea to wed after relatives object. They travel from Seattle to near Point Reyes aboard the steamer Walla Walla and are married by Rev B Cameron aided by Captain Wallace. A boatload of onboard gifts funds their union before returning home once relations calm.
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Walla Walla
Glencross
B. Cameron
Westminster
Walla
Point Reyes
California merchants back Nicaragua canal bonds at meeting
A San Francisco chamber of commerce gathering chaired by ex Mayor Pond endorsed six percent Nicaragua Canal Construction Co bonds as a safe investment to support the canal project. Frank Johnson urged bond proceeds be used to vigorously promote construction. London report notes a father shot by his son over money disputes. the son was captured.
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St. Louis
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Warwick
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Ariel the famous Terre Haute gelding dies of pneumonia
At Terre Haute Indiana Orrin Hikok's famous gelding Ariel died yesterday of pneumonia. The animal fell ill on the trip east and worsened after arrival. President Noel of the Olympic Club New Orleans sent a cable to London offering 25000 dollars for a Fitzsimmons bout with the winner of the Pritchard O'Brien or Hall contest. Dyspepsia cured by Dr Miles Pills.
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Two Celestials Die in Sacramento Highbinder War
A Chinatown battle on Third and I streets left two Chinese men dead and others wounded after a half minute fusillade. An electric car carried bullets near passengers as seven armed Chinamen were arrested. White citizens voiced indignation at the outrages.
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Johnson backs Jackson in Sullivan era talk after Slavin test
Charley Johnson, backer of John L. Sullivan, says the Jackson Slavin result matched his view that Jackson is superior. He cites Parson Davies and odds shifts, doubting Corbett’s rise, and asserts Sullivan would defeat Jackson but will not consent to a match. He denies any Sullivan Corbett meeting at Coney Island.
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Slavin
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Strange Case of Mendicancy in Seattle
In Seattle on June 1 C W P Osgood assistant superintendent of the bureau of associated charities investigated Mrs Kate Lamb an 80 year old beggar. He learned her daughter and son-in-law provide for her yet she claimed mistreatment and sought funds to travel to New York. The old lady appears insane but harmless.
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Bureau of Associated Charities
Kate Lamb
Witnessing the Hanging of a Cowlitz County Murderer
Karama June 1 Robert T. Day, murderer of Thomas Beebe, will be hanged in the Cowlitz County jail courtyard next Friday. The public execution is expected to draw many from the county. Day is pale from confinement but says he will walk to the gallows and not resist the sheriff. This will be the county's first hanging, a duty hard on Sheriff Holmes who has treated Day with guarded kindness.
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Beebe
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Frances Davies Weds Captain James M. Ashton in Tacoma Church
Miss Frances Davies of Carbonado marries Captain James M. Ashton, noted Northern Pacific attorney, at St Luke's Church Tacoma. The ceremony at 11:30 follows a two hour reception at the Tacoma Hotel with elite guests. the couple depart by Vice President Prescott's car for a month-long Atlantic coast trip via the Canadian Pacific.
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Victoria
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C. M. Stewart
Great Irrigating Ditch for Kittitas County Ready
The city rejoices as a guarantee is raised to fund a big irrigating canal. Surveyors begin Wednesday and construction soon. The eighty mile ditch will water 75,009 acres, raising land value to 25 to 50 dollars per acre. A 25,000 inch flow is expected to run at full capacity within a year, boosting the valley and local fortunes.
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Seattle
Everett makes iron foundry amid Tacoma parties
The notice reports an iron foundry to be located at Everett by Tacoma interests. It also notes Port Angeles population of 4000 with no brick buildings and mentions gamblers in Everett ordered to relocate. OC H Rand of Skagit county inherits 16 000 000 from a relative.
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Representative Wilson Named to Republican Campaign Committee
Representative John L. Wilson of Washington chosen as the state’s representative on the Republican congressional campaign committee. Wilson, born in Indiana, served in the army, practiced law, befriended Seventy Harrison, moved to Ellensburg to open a bank, and is now in his second term. The steamer Monticello, capt. Z J Hatch, will run Seattle to Tacoma after June 2 with the Columbia River & Puget Sound Navigation Co scheduling both Flyer and Bailey Gatzert on the route, with two hour trips and possible fare cuts to 25 cents.
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Archibald Adams Real Estate at 419 Main Street
Archibald Adams operates a real estate, insurance and loan office at 419 Main Street. The firm offers property sales, insurance services and loan arrangements to local clients. No additional details are provided in the readable text.
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